9th annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girl's Invitational

The 9th annual Susan Polgar Foundation Girl's Invitational, the most prestigious all-girls event in the United States, will take place on July 22 - 27, 2012 at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. More details will come shortly.

Pop Culture

I just received the following email from a friend of mine. Here is what she wrote:

'I wanted to share this sweet story with you :-) I hope that you will enjoy it.

My daughter Margot just walked in the house after an early morning dental appointment. I had e-mailed my dentist about the event we had with (you) Susan as she has 2 small boys who like chess. Unfortunately, they had a softball game so they couldn't attend.

However, she (my dentist) forwarded my e-mail to some of her friends with kids who were free that night. One took her little girl who is 7 years old (Ella V.).

After the event the little girl looked at her mom and said, "Mommy, this was better than meeting Justin Bieber!" '


(7 year old Ella is standing next to me with the black shirt)

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