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Chess News:

​In January 2019...
Coach Krista Alton was appointed as a Regional Director to the board of the Florida Chess Association.  

Coach Krista will be our state representative for the
US Chess Women's Committee!  

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​Girls in Chess

and

Winning !!!

Check Out Florida's Largest "All Girls" Tournaments
Held Each June in Tampa Florida

Tampa Bay Rated "All Girls" Tournament Page

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​Being a female coach I am very much in a man's world.  Most chess clubs and chess tournaments are run by men and most players are male.  I want to change this...

I want more girls in chess clubs, more girls in chess tournaments, and more girls beating the boys!!!

--Coach Krista



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           Go Girl Power !!! 

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Look at These Awesome
​Chess Players !!!!

​Women in Chess & Setting Records:

1) Most Games Played Simultaneously: Grandmaster Susan Polgar played 326 opponents simultaneously at a shopping mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in 2005.  She won 309, drew 14, and lost 3.  Her winning percentage was 96.93%.

2) Youngest Player in a U.S. National Championship: ​In 1995, Irina Krush​ played in the U.S. Women’s Championship at the age of 11.
 
3) Youngest Gold Medalist:
Judit Polgar won a gold medal in the 1988 Chess Olympiad at the age of 11.
 
4) Top Female Player in the World: 
Judit Polgar 
FIDE (World) Title: Grandmaster
Born: July 23, 1976, Budapest, Hungary
Peak Rating: 2735 (July 2005)
Current Rating: 2648 (January 2019)
World Rank: 68 (January 2019)
 
5) Youngest Olympiad Player:  
In 1986, Heidi Cueller played for the women’s Guatemala chess team in the chess Olympiad at Dubai.  She was 10 years old.
 
6) Oldest National Champion Male or Female: 
In 1948, Edith Price won the British Ladies’ Championship at the age of 76. 
 
7) Oldest Competitive Chess Player Male or Female:
Jane Lady Carew (1797-1901) was a chess player who lived to 104 and still competed.