Susan Polgar will be visiting the Club on January 9th, between 5-7 PM in the Mechanical Engineering Building Room 103.

Directions to Central Campus.

Hi all!

We are proud to announce that Susan Polgar will be coming to the UW chess club for an informal session this Wednesday on campus. Here are some of her qualifications in the game of chess.

Grandmaster Susan Polgar, the first woman in history to break the gender barrier by qualifying for the 1986 "Men's" World Championship and earning the Grandmaster title in 1991. She became the #1 ranked woman player in the world at the age of 15 and remained in the top 3 for nearly 23 straight years. Polgar went on to win ten Olympic medals (5 Gold, 4 Silver and 1 Bronze) and four Women's World Championships.

Her complete Biography can be found at http://www.susanpolgar.com/indexone.html

She will be on campus on Wednesday evening. We are have spots open for the general public, but there is not many general seats available. If you are interested in coming, please email Gregory Alexander at gregory@tatiana.net. We will send out an email the UW club list and interested general members that have confirmed on Monday or Tuesday.

Susan's story is quite inspirational, and we are inviting all students, faculty, and staff members on campus to attend. She is open to question and answer sessions, so if you are interested to hear about how she broke the gender barrier, or know of any others whom that want to hear about this, please forward this along. Whatever you want to ask questions about, the floor will be yours.


Sincerely,

Gregory Alexander
UW Chess Club staff advisor

Directions

• Coming from the north on I5
• Coming from the south on I5
• Coming from the east on 520

Walk to the Student Union Building (known as the HUB) which is in the middle of the central campus. When you get there, walk into the HUB and out of one of the doors on the east side. After leaving the HUB, go east and cross the street, on the street sidewalk, take a right and head due south. The Mechanical Engineering building 2 buldings down on the left and it is due southeast of the HUB.

If you get lost, call me. My cell is listed on the emails that I have sent out.

2007/8 Chess Club Kickoff meeting! (free pizza anyone?)

Hi everyone,

I hope you’ve had a nice relaxing summer and are ready to play some chess!  We will be having our first meeting of the year this Monday from 7-9 PM in the Mechanical Engineering Building, room 246 (Map: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/southcentral.html?55,93,865,614)

Additionally, this Monday there will be free pizza provided!

We will be meeting every Monday and Wednesday from 7-9 PM there in Mechanical Engineering Building 246.  You don’t need to show up right at 7, nor do you have to stay the whole time, so feel free to just drop by if you only have a bit of time.  You do not need to bring your own equipment, although you’re certainly welcome to.  All skill levels are welcome :)

Thanks,

Peter