{"id":1296,"date":"2013-07-22T17:18:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T01:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2017-05-06T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T22:33:38","slug":"2013-spfgi-is-under-way-day-1-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/2013-spfgi-is-under-way-day-1-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 SPFGI is under way &#8211; Day 1 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y1RcRxOxxI8\/Ue3MWfhAbFI\/AAAAAAAACQ8\/8CRLU0Eoi7g\/s1600\/Frank+Niro+at+SPFGI+2013.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Y1RcRxOxxI8\/Ue3MWfhAbFI\/AAAAAAAACQ8\/8CRLU0Eoi7g\/s400\/Frank+Niro+at+SPFGI+2013.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The stage is set for round 1. Let the games begin at the 2013 Susan Polgar Girls&#8217; Invitational Chess Tournament (10th anniversary) at Webster University in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-03Ob5ERsUtY\/Ue3MC1QZH1I\/AAAAAAAACQ0\/7ZGIk7FnI2U\/s1600\/SPGI+Opening+133.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-03Ob5ERsUtY\/Ue3MC1QZH1I\/AAAAAAAACQ0\/7ZGIk7FnI2U\/s400\/SPGI+Opening+133.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Chief tournament director Frank Niro, above, addresses the players, parents, coaches, university leaders and the mayor of Webster Groves, MO at the Opening Ceremony. A total of 60 girls are competing for $200,000 in scholarships and other prizes. To date, the Susan Polgar Foundation, in cooperation with its partners, has awarded college scholarships valued at more than three million dollars to players in SPF events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W-8lr01hbcs\/Ue3L4cYS-uI\/AAAAAAAACQs\/f38Y8NJYrIs\/s1600\/SPGI+Opening+2+076.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-W-8lr01hbcs\/Ue3L4cYS-uI\/AAAAAAAACQs\/f38Y8NJYrIs\/s400\/SPGI+Opening+2+076.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The playing site is the stage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Repertory_Theatre_of_St._Louis\">Loretto-Hilton Theatre<\/a> on the campus of Webster University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mjx52o20NEU\/Ue3M2Jm26_I\/AAAAAAAACRE\/B_lu4KksqnA\/s1600\/with+Susan+and+Yaz.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mjx52o20NEU\/Ue3M2Jm26_I\/AAAAAAAACRE\/B_lu4KksqnA\/s400\/with+Susan+and+Yaz.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The visit to St. Louis gave Frank the opportunity to catch up with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Susan_Polgar\">Susan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasser_Seirawan\">Yasser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0chl5X-Whwk\/Ue3Wpa9xW-I\/AAAAAAAACRc\/HYFIb15p2Hk\/s1600\/girls.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0chl5X-Whwk\/Ue3Wpa9xW-I\/AAAAAAAACRc\/HYFIb15p2Hk\/s400\/girls.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Additional photos from the tournament and side events can be seen each day by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/116302832360230031699\/albums\/5903288950790618449?banner=pwa\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stage is set for round 1. Let the games begin at the 2013 Susan Polgar Girls&#8217; Invitational Chess Tournament (10th anniversary) at Webster University in St. Louis. Chief tournament director Frank Niro, above, addresses the players, parents, coaches, university leaders and the mayor of Webster Groves, MO at the Opening Ceremony. A total of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,5],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholastic","category-tourn","tag-polgar-girls-invitational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nwchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}