Ellen Xiang —1696 (Highest rating 1714): 2004 Champion of 2004 Texas Region V Scholastic Championship K-1 Section 2005 Champion of 2005 Texas All-Girls Championship Primary Section 2006 2nd in 2006 Susan Polgar All-Girls National Chess Championship 3-5 Grade Section...
Caroline Zhu – Susan Polgar All-Star Team Member
Caroline Zhu, TX – 1681 (Highest rating 1697) I started playing chess when I was in kindergarten. I learned to play the game in the after school where we had a group chess lesson. I won the 1st place...
Alisa Melekhina – Susan Polgar All-Star Team Member
Alisa Melekhina – 2149 (Highest ever rating 2186) Women FIDE Master (WFM) at 9 2-Time USA Girl’s Champion:1. Winner of the first annual 2004 All-Girls National Chess Championships in Chicago, May 15 – 16, 2004 (12 and under section)2....
Alena Kuzniatsova – Susan Polgar All-Star Team Member
Alena Kuzniatsova – 1883 2006 Champion of America in in the girls under 12 sectionRepresented the US at the 2006 World Youth Championship in Batumi Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A tribute to the great Vera Menchik
A Tribute to Vera Menchik by Kevin MarcheseVera Francevna Menchik (Mencikova) was born in Moscow, Russia on February 16, 1906. Her father was Czech and her mother was British. When Vera was 15, the family and she moved to...
Women and Men
This picture was taken at NY Governor Pataki’s office after the 2004 Olympiad Debate Should Women’s Events be Separate from Men’s?Yes by GM Susan PolgarThis was originally published in Chess Life Should there be separate events and titles for...
Chimi vs. Anna Zatonskih
This picture was taken at the Polgar Chess Center after Anna won the US Women’s Championship Chimi vs. Zatonskih National or world championships can be pressure hothouses. One tiny positional shift can mean the difference between finishing in first...
Top women players
Top 5 active women players in the world 1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 27272 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2567 (my pick)3 Cramling, Pia g SWE 25304 Zhu, Chen g QAT 25185 Xu, Yuhua wg CHN 2517 Inactive: Polgar, Susan...
Next women to become GM?
2 additional women players have fulfilled their GM norms requirement and will get their GM titles IF they can meet the 2500 rating requirement: IM Hoang, Thanh Trang (Originally from Vietnam, now playing for Hungary) 2470IM Zhukova, Nathalia (Ukraine)...
2006 SP National Invitational for Girls
2006 Susan Polgar National Invitational for GirlsDoubletree Oak Brook1909 Spring Road Oak Brook, IL 60523Free parking – Phone: 630-472-6000HR: $89, single/quadThe opening ceremony will take place at 9 AM sharp on August 6. The closing ceremony will take place...