I was shocked when I was told that 3,000 female chess players attempted to qualify to the Susan Polgar Invitational 2009.3,000 chess players!
Here are the final standings of the SPNI 2009.
1 Dai,Yang (1) 2057 6.0
2 Gologorsky, Rachel 5.0
3 Peters,Epiphany M 5.0
4 Diaz, Linda V 4.5
5 Jamison,Courtney 4.5
6 Bhat,Samyukta 4.5
7 Koong, Joanne 4.5
8 Botez,V Alexandra 4.0
9 Hannibal,Dana C 4.0
10 Bian,Victoria 4.0
11 Jones, Julia E 4.0
12 Chen,Michelle Xue 4.0
13 Hua,Margaret M 4.0
14 Puri,Indira 4.0
15 Lelko,Rebecca A 4.0
16 Bohannon,Angel 4.0
17 Virkud,Apurva 4.0
18 Foley,Sayaka B 4.0
19 Douthitt,Autumn N 4.0
20 Lam,Fiona V 3.5
21 Roy,Ananya 3.5
22 Ensley-Field,Mira 3.0
23 Farell,Michelle 3.0
24 Abderhalden,Kathe 3.0
25 Munoz,Claudia E 3.0
26 Lasley,Alexa E 3.0
27 Nguyen,Emily Quyn 3.0
28 Conley,Brianna 3.0
29 Tallo, Emily 3.0
30 Mahowald,Morgan 3.0
31 Newell,Melanie L 3.0
32 Chen,Kelly 3.0
33 Sarna,Kristen She 3.0
34 Cancio,Aiya 3.0
35 Wiener,Alexandra 3.0
36 Folz,Caroline C 3.0
37 Patterson,Emily N 3.0
38 Wyzywany,Amelia F 3.0
39 Warren,Hannah 2.5
40 James,Isabel Rebe 2.5
41 Bryan,Margaret 2.5
42 Wai,Marissa 2.5
43 Barkell,Erica Daw 2.5
44 Qureshi,Sadia 2.5
45 Fitch,Ann Marie E 2.0
46 Perez, Bernadette 2.0
47 Garza,Sarah 2.0
48 Spencer,Nicole An 2.0
49 Purdy,Hannah 2.0
50 Deland,Rebecca 2.0
51 Chawla,Alisha 2.0
52 Lopez,Natalia 2.0
53 Abdus-Shakoor,Diamond 2.0
54 Alston,Jannel 886
55 Olvera,Georgia 1.0
56 Ma, Jenny 1.0
57 Locker,Sara 1.0
58 Alston, Jannette 1.0
59 Snowdeal,Kristen 1.0
60 Garvin,Katherine 0.0
