The 2025 Girls Club Room at SuperNationals VIII is sponsored by the Susan Polgar Foundation (SPF). GM Susan Polgar will also be a special guest in this year's Girls Club Room, hosting a series of events beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 10.
Girls Club Room Schedule
This schedule now includes events on Saturday with special guest and sponsor GM Susan Polgar.
A full schedule of events for SuperNationals VIII is available here.
Friday May 9th
11:00 a.m. – Girls Club Room Opens
3:00 p.m. – Welcome party, Meet the Special Guests, Raffles, and Prizes
3:30 p.m. – Opening, Middle, and Endgame Lessons with WGM Kateřina Němcová and WIM Carolina Blanco
Saturday May 10th
10:00 a.m. – Fun Chess Activity Stations, Raffles, and Prizes
11:00 a.m. – Tandem simul with Katerina and Carolina
12:30 p.m. - Lunch and Learn with GM Susan Polgar (bring your own lunch)
1:30 p.m. - Teatime with GM Susan Polgar (conversations for parents and coaches)
2:30 p.m. - Famous Chess Game presented by GM Susan Polgar
3:30 p.m. – Human Chess Game with Coach Krista Alton
4:30 p.m. – Teen Girl Pizza Party
Sunday May 11th
10:00 a.m. – Donut Social and Town Hall Meeting (Parents and coaches welcomed)
11:00 a.m. – Fun Chess Activity Stations, Raffles, and Prizes
3:00 p.m. – Human Chess Game with Coach Krista Alton
3:30 p.m. - Around the World Chess with Coach Arthur Alton
3:30 p.m. – Closing Party, Games, Raffles, and Prizes
Throughout the Weekend
- Mother's day card-making, nail painting, and chess tattoo stations
- On-going game analysis with WGM Kateřina Němcová and WIM Carolina Blanco as time permits
Girls Club Room Special Guests
This year's guests are WGM Katerina Nemcova and WIM Carolina Blanco.
Update as of 4/23/2025: We are sorry to report that WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan is unable to attend SuperNationals VIII and will no longer be a Special Guest.
WGM Kateřina Němcová
WGM Kateřina Němcová is a two-time Czech Women's Chess Champion, winning her first title at age 17 and repeating that feat just two years later in 2010. Němcová has represented the United States since joining the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) Program at Webster University in 2013. She has since competed regularly in prominent national events, and more recently has provided commentary for the Saint Louis Chess Center.
WIM Carolina Blanco
Dr. Carolina Blanco earned her WIM title at the age of 19, and graduated as a dentist four years later at the University of Carabobo in her native Venezuela, become a specialist in orthodontics at age 26. She has resided in the United States for over 12 years, where she currently practices as an orthodontist and teaches at several school programs in her home state of Georgia.
