Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: Polgar
Initiative
Alaskan Bishop wrote:
I support the Polgar iniative. I believe it will increase the number
of young women playing chess. Which in turn will increase female
participation at all levels.

The more girls play, the more girls will succeed. Create interest and
longevity and they will come--- and they will win even more.

I believe that the goal and comraderie of an All-American Girls Team
will encourage more girls to play. It seems to me that an iniative
such as this would help to accomplish the very goals its opponents
support.

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You fail to understand and obviously you have not studied the
proposal.

The proposal is NOT for a program to teach chess to girls. It is a
plan to help the handful of top level girls who are already strong
enough at chess to compete successfully for the world championship.
Looking at the rating chart provided by Polgar and comparing it to the
current USCF rating list, it can be seen that there are at present
only three girls in the entire United States strong enough to qualify
for the program. They a

Sylvia S. Yang, 9 TX 1653
Alisa Melekhina, 14 PA 2104
Tatev Abrahamyan, 17 CA 2325

Sam Sloan