Luisa Mercado Mendoza (Colombia) successfully held a very difficult position with black against Becca Lampman in the final round to win the 2013 SPF Girls’ Invitational at Webster University.
As the champion, Luisa will be awarded a full tuition and fees scholarship to Webster University + $3,000 + iPad mini + fitness sponsorship from Crossfit (approx $2,400 value), etc. The total value of her prize is more than $100,000.
The battle for 2nd place is still on going. I will update all results as soon as everyone is done.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Congrats to WFM Mercado for winning the tournament. Nice to know Luisa is doing so well this time since I saw her weeks ago.
Also congrats to GM Polgar for yet another successful SPFGI.
Felicitaciones WMF Luisa Fernanda Mercado, que sigas ganando muchos premios más para Colombia y Bolívar