Standings after 2 rounds:
# Name Rtng St Tot
1 Courtney Jamison 2046 TX 2.0
2 Rita Mirchandani 1813 FL 2.0
3 Janice Chen 1772 UT 2.0
4 Angel Bohannon 1700 TX 2.0
5 Rebekah Liu 1699 CA 2.0
6 Sayaka Foley 1652 AZ 2.0
7 Rebecca Lelko 1595 OH 2.0
8 Brianna Conley 1573 OH 2.0
9 Alexandra Wiener 1560 CT 2.0
10 Sylvia S Yang 1911 1905 TX 1.5
11 Michelle Xue Chen 1762 MA 1.5
12 Amelia Wheeless 1711 NC 1.5
13 Taylor Bailey 1650 OR 1.5
14 Jamie Olsen-Mills 1617 UT 1.5
15 Michelle Farell 1506 OK 1.5
16 Linda Diaz 1726 NY 1.5
17 Ashley Carter 1877 MI 1.0
18 Eve Zhurbinskiy 1747 NJ 1.0
19 Fiona Lam 1727 MD 1.0
20 Rheanna English 1713 TX 1.0
21 Shinan Jin 1686 PA 1.0
22 Sonya Vohra 1621 IL 1.0
23 Elizabeth Oliver 1322 NE 1.0
24 Melanie Newell 1198 MS 1.0
25 Morgan Mahowald 994 MN 1.0
26 Ashbea Oyadomari 900 HI 1.0
27 Nisha Deolalikar 1726 CA 1.0
28 Emily Tallo 1349 IN 1.0
29 Hannah Hellwig 1333 AL 1.0
30 WCM Claudia Munoz 1324 TX 1.0
31 Erica Barkell 1315 ID 1.0
32 Georgia Olvera 1292 TX 1.0
33 Mira Ensley-field 1258 WI 1.0
34 Rebecca Deland 1166 NM 1.0
35 Alexa Lasley 1141 CO 1.0
36 Dhrooti Vyas 1117 IA 1.0
37 Annie Wang 879 CA 1.0
38 Joanna Gossell 1255 MO 0.5
39 Ananya Roy 1683 GA 0.5
40 Autumn Douthitt 1154 TN 0.5
41 Sorel Edes 1098 ME 0.5
42 Hannah Whatley 669 SC 0.5
43 Leanne Hwa 1436 WA 0.0
44 Sarah Garza 1244 TX 0.0
45 Katrina Pritchard 1008 KS 0.0
46 Susan Lynn Brown 969 VA 0.0
47 Crystal Qian 924 AR 0.0
48 Ann Marie Fitch 893 DE 0.0
49 Alisha Chawla 819 CA 0.0
50 Kaitlynn Loos 734 SD 0.0
51 Catherine Oliver 719 NE 0.0
52 Faith A Munoz unr. TX 0.0
Dear GM Polgar,
This is not in any way to insult you. Is there any way for you to answer why all these events and chess centers need to be named after you. Usually, it is done by other people to honor you. Hoping to hear your side of the story.
I don’t see the problem. She founded these events. She funds the events. It’s a name recognition. She’s using her name to raise money to support chess events. I think it’s a smart move. Because of her name, her events are a lot bigger and more prestigious than others immitators.
Good job Hannah!