Monday, June 14, 2010

Over $150,000 in chess scholarships and prizes awarded


Anu Bayar (Mongolia), and Maria Roselle Vicencio (Philippines) - Winners of the Texas Tech Scholarships (each scholarship has a value of approximately $36,000 for out of state students).

Anu Bayar (Mongolia), Christina Kao (CA), Maggie Fang (OH), Gia Peterson (CA), Randel Eng (AZ), Tom Polgar (TX), Winston Zeng (CA), Anthony Zhou (CA) each won an awesome netbook computer with over $600 in chess software and DVD installed!

Since 2004, the Susan Polgar Foundation has awarded approximately $1.5 million in chess scholarships and prizes to young chess players, thanks to our many sponsors and supporters!

Full results in each section can be seen here: http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/results/2010

Many pictures will be posted right here within the next week. Please check back and please feel free to download any picture you wish.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great!1

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!

G. Ames said...

I did step out to have a laugh last night. I went to Borders and picked up a copy of The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book. Some good stories, art, and some funny stuff about how tough Chuck is. There are several other Chuck Norris books with no facts but such hilarious quips as: "When the boogeyman goes to sleep he looks under his bed to see if Chuck Norris is there." ANother one, "Yes Chuck Norris does iron his own shirts, while he is wearing them!" So, I do take breaks from chess.