2026 Middle School (K-8) Nationals Girls Club Room
Room Zambezi/Nile – Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
Weekend Schedule
Friday May 15th
- 11:00 am – Girls Club Room Opens
- 3:00 pm – Meet WIM Luciana Morales and IM/WGM Tatev Abrahamyan
- 3:30 pm – Welcome party – Games, raffles, and prizes
Saturday May 16th
- 10:00 am – Girls Club Room Opens
- 11:00 am – Tandem simul with WIM Luciana and IM/WGM Tatev
- 3:30 pm – Chess Lecture w/ WIM Luciana and IM/WGM Tatev
- 4:15 pm – Chess Puzzle Team Challenge
Sunday May 17th
- 9:00 am – Girls Club Room Opens
- 10:00 am –Donut Social and Town Hall Meeting (Parents and coaches welcomed)
- 11:30 am – Blitz Chess Challenge with WIM Luciana and IM/WGM Tatev
- 3:30 pm – Closing Party, Games, Raffles, and Prizes
***Arts and crafts and nail painting stations are available while supplies last. Player game analysis available throughout the weekend as time permits. Raffles and prizes will be given away following each activity.
***Signup required for Tandem Simul and Blitz Chess activities
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Special Guests Bios:
WIM Luciana Morales
- Multi-time Pan-American Youth Champion
- Women’s World Chess Championship Qualifier (2004)
- Represented Peru in the ’02, ’06, and ’10 Women’s Chess Olympiad
IM/WGM Tatev Abrahamyan
- Co-champion of the 2005 U.S. Women’s Chess Championships
- 2006 Pan-American Youth Chess Festival Champion (Girls U18)
- Represented the U.S. in the 2008 Women’s Chess Olympiad