Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Important information about the 2007 SP National Invitational


Here is the list of qualifiers for the 2007 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/07/2007-sp-national-invitational_22.html

Check-in with the USCF officials will be on Saturday afternoon / early evening. Check-in can also be done by 8:45 AM on Sunday morning. If you do not check-in by 8:45 AM on Sunday, you will not be paired in the first round.

There opening ceremony will begin at 9 AM. This is a mandatory meeting where all the details will be announced.

Rounds will start at 11 AM each day. The time control is FIDE time control of 90 minutes per game with 30 seconds increment per move.

There will also be the SP National Invitational Blitz Championship and SP National Invitational Puzzle Solving Championship. All alumni of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls can participate in the Blitz and Puzzle Championships.

Congratulations to all qualifiers!

Some information about the invitational: http://www.susanpolgar.com/susan-polgar-foundation-invitational.html
Rules and conditions of the invitational: http://www.susanpolgar.com/rulesinvitegirls2007.pdf

Here is the hotel info:

Crown Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill
2349 W. Marlton Pike Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Free parking - Special room rate $114
Phone: 1-800-227-6963 or make reservations at: http://www.crowneplaza.com/cherryhillnj
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Friday, July 06, 2007

List of 2007 SP National Invitational Qualifiers


45 states so far (2 from CA, 2 TX, 2 NY, 2 Wild Cards, 1 Defending Champion, other qualifiers) Missing from Washington DC, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina.

List of qualifiers for the 2007 Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (July 29 to August 3, 2007)

IF you qualified and your name is NOT listed, please send me an email immediately (SusanPolgar@aol.com). Thank you!

Alabama - Hannah Hellwig
Alaska - Alison K Parshall
Arizona - Jenelle L. Wallace
Arkansas - Elizabeth Mae Cooper

California (Northern) - Louiza Livschitz
California (Southern) - Melinda West
Colorado - Kaila M Smith
Connecticut - Catalina Estrada

Delaware - Ann Marie Fitch
District of Columbia - Missing

Florida - Rita Mirchandani

Georgia - Shivali Kasbekar

Hawaii - Ashbea Oyadomari

Idaho - Erica Barkell
Illinois - Cheryl Liu
Indiana - Alea Ford
Iowa - Casandra Stull

Kansas - Blythe Buscher
Kentucky - Connie Wu

Louisiana - Jordana Williams

Maine - Lily Ann Briggs
Maryland - Lisa Kong
Massachusetts - Michelle Chen
Michigan - Ashley Carter
Minnesota - Laura Howard
Mississippi - Missing
Missouri - Tess Butcher
Montana - Missing

Nebraska - Catherine Oliver
Nevada - Missing
New Hampshire - Avary Bell
New Jersey - Anna Matlin
New Mexico - Deanna Kristek
New York - Linda Diaz, Darrian Robinson
North Carolina - Amelia Wheeless
North Dakota - Missing

Ohio - Anna Delamerced
Oklahoma - Rachel Farell
Oregon - Taylor Bailey

Pennsylvania - Elizabeth M Lakata

Rhode Island - Kathleen Coccio

South Carolina - Missing
South Dakota - Laticia Leftwich

Tennessee - Su'ad Yoon
Texas - Courtney Jamison, Sarah Chiang

Utah - Eliza Mc Intosh

Vermont - Autumn Hope Brooks
Virginia - Ettie Nikolova

Washington - Sarah May
West Virginia - Sarah Hoxie
Wisconsin - Anna Ganster
Wyoming - Rose Burke

45 states so far + defending champion + SP qualifiers

Defending Champion: Abby Marshall (VA)


Qualifiers from the Susan Polgar National Open Championship for Girls:

K-2: Hannah Liu
3-5: Victoria Zhang, Alice Dong, Sarah Sampei, Georgia Olvera
6-9: Charlina Hung
10-12: Ananya Roy, Stephanie Guajardo

Qualifiers from the Susan Polgar World Open Championship for Girls:

Open Section: Rebecca Lelko, Janice Chen
Under 14: Sylvia Yang
Under 11: Vanessa Wong
Under 8: Arissa Torres, Queena Deng, Bridget LeeSang, Iris Wu, Carol Jin, Jennifer Wong

Wild Card: Eunice Rodriguez, Julia Kerr

Special Invitation: Margaret Hua, Megan Lee

Congratulations to all qualifiers!

Some information about the invitational:
http://www.susanpolgar.com/susan-polgar-foundation-invitational.html

Rules and conditions of the invitational:
http://www.susanpolgar.com/rulesinvitegirls2007.pdf

If you need a roommate, please send me an email. I will try to get you in touch with others who may want to share rooms.

Here is the hotel info:

Crown Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill
2349 W. Marlton Pike
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Free parking
Phone: 1-800-227-6963 or make reservations at: http://www.crowneplaza.com/cherryhillnj
HR: $114 single/quad
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

2007 SP National Invitational for Girls


I hope to have the list of the qualifiers of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls from the USCF shortly.

Here is the official rules of the 2007 event. The event will take place in Cherry Hill, NJ from July 29 to August 3, 2007.

Crowne Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill
2349 West Marlton Pike
Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

New number for reservations: 1-856-665-6666 - $114 chess rate
Official website
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