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Cheryl Liu Wins Scholarship

Cheryl Liu (second from left) with GM Susan Polgar (second from right) and the other two winners.

Cheryl Liu (second from left) with GM Susan Polgar (second from right) and the other two winners.My name is Cheryl and I spent a week at a Texas Tech University SPICE (Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence) program/tournament called the Susan Polgar Girls Invitational. 44 girls, one from almost every state, came to listen to lectures and play in a tournament. I, along with two other girls going into their senior or junior year of high school, won a $40,000 scholarship to Texas Tech University.

Read the continuation of this article for one of Cheryl’s games from this event.