Monday, July 31, 2006

My weekly commentary


My commentary of the week

Many people asked me about my training regiment for a big chess event. Well, one of the most important parts of training for me is physical fitness. I cannot stress this enough. I worked very hard on my physical condition before World Championships, Olympiads, Women’s World Chess Cup and big events like the NYC Mayor’s Cup.

Being physically fit is my secret to be able to play 56 consecutive games at 4 Olympiads without a break. Being fit also played a major role in me breaking 4 world records for playing 326 players simultaneously and 1,131 games consecutively in nearly 17 straight hours. I gave the same advice to my American teammates at the 2004 Olympiad. I worked!

To be a good chess player, you must be physically, mentally and emotionally fit.

Good luck!
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Awesome Alexandra Botez


Alexandra Botez, a participant of the 1st Annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls in Corpus Christi has won the Canadian Open (under 1600) section by scoring 7.5/9!

She did not lose a single game and finished a full point ahead of the second place finisher!! Here is the crosstable: http://www.chessfest.ca/coallstandings.html

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Monday, July 24, 2006

My niece Hanna


This is the first published picture of Hanna, my niece, daughter of my sister Judit. Hanna was born about two weeks ago (7 lbs) in Budapest, Hungary. Here is the latest article about my sister on ChessBase. Posted by Picasa

Fischer, Kasparov, J. Polgar, Karpov and Korchnoi


Well, Fischer is not really playing.

However, Garry Kasparov will be playing in his first chess tournament since his retirement after the 2005 Linares super tournament. My sister Judit will be playing in her first chess tournament since the birth of her daughter Hanna.

They will be joined by the legendary 7-time World Champion Anatoly Karpov and Victor "Forever Young" Korchnoi in Zurich on August 22nd, 2006 in a rapid chess event - a Fischer Random rapid chess event! Posted by Picasa

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

2006 SP National Invitational for Girls


2006 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

The opening ceremony will take place at 9 AM sharp on August 6. The closing ceremony will take place at approximately at 5 PM on August 11. The rounds will be at 11 AM each day.


List as of July 19, 2006

Alabama: Hannah M. Hellwig
Alaska: Alison Parshall
Arizona: Amanda Mateer
Arkansas: Emi Stuart
Northern California: Louiza Livschitz
Southern California: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Colorado: Kaila Smith
Connecticut: Alexandra Wiener
Delaware: Alisa Spitelle
District of Columbia: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Florida: Eunice Rodriguez
Georgia: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Hawaii: Marissa Al Wai
Idaho: Erica D. Barkell
Illinois: Cheryl Liu
Indiana: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Iowa: Dhrooti V. Vyas
Kansas: Blythe E. Buscher
Kentucky: Connie Wu
Louisiana: Jordana Williams
Maine: Margaret Bryan
Maryland: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Massachusetts: Jessica Wamala

Michigan: Ashley Carter
Minnesota: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Mississippi: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Missouri: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Montana: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Nebraska: Elizabeth Oliver
Nevada: Sandra Hernandez
New Hampshire: NO REPRESENTATIVE
New Jersey: Karsten A. McVay
New Mexico: Anna Smoak
New York: Elina Kats
North Carolina: Laura L. Lee
North Dakota: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Ohio: Shizuyo Ichikawa
Oklahoma: Rachel Farell
Oregon: Taylor Bailey
Pennsylvania: Emily J. Chu
Rhode Island: Kathleen Coccio
South Carolina: NO REPRESENTATIVE
South Dakota: NO REPRESENTATIVE

Tennessee: Graham Gibson
Texas: Courtney Jamison and Anajali Datta
Utah: NO REPRESENTATIVE
Vermont: Tanya Avilova
Virginia: Abby Marshall
Washington: NO REPRESENTATIVE
West Virginia: NO REPRESENTATIVE

Wisconsin: Tracie Klaver
Wyoming: NO REPRESENTATIVE

Qualifiers from the 2006 SP National Open Championship for Girls:

Open Section: Ananya Roy (GA)
6th-8th grade: Courtney Jamison (TX)
3rd-5th grade: Katherine Qiu (TX)
K-2: Evan Xiang and Jessica Zhu (TX)

Qualifiers from the 2006 SP World Open Championship for Girls:

Open Section: Abby Marshall (VA)
Under 15: Janice Chen (UT)
Under 13: Serena Zadoo (TX)
Under 10: Victoria Zhang (TX)

These are the names that the USCF has so far. It seems that there are many names missing due to technical reasons by the USCF. If there is an error or if your name is missing, please send me an email at
SusanPolgar@aol.com immediately.

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