U.S. Women's Chess Championship
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List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions
- 1937 Adele Rivero
- 1938 Mona May Karff
- 1940 Adele Rivero
- 1941 Mona May Karff
- 1942 Mona May Karff
- 1944 Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1946 Mona May Karff
- 1948 Gisela Kahn Gresser - Mona May Karff
- 1951 Mary Bain
- 1953 Mona May Karff
- 1955 Gisela Kahn Gresser - Nancy Roos
- 1957 Gisela Kahn Gresser - Sonja Graf
- 1959 Lisa Lane
- 1962 Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1964 Sonja Graf
- 1965 Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1966 Gisela Kahn Gresser - Lisa Lane
- 1967 Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1969 Gisela Kahn Gresser
- 1972 Eva Aronson - Marilyn Koput
- 1974 Mona May Karff
- 1975 Diane Savereide
- 1976 Diane Savereide
- 1977 Diane Savereide - Rachel Crotto
- 1978 Diane Savereide - Rachel Crotto
- 1979 Rachel Crotto
- 1981 Diane Savereide
- 1984 Diane Savereide
- 1986 Inna Izrailov
- 1987 Anna Akhsharumova
- 1989 Alexey Root
- 1990 Elena Donaldson
- 1991 Esther Epstein - Irina Levitina
- 1992 Irina Levitina
- 1993 Elena Donaldson - Irina Levitina
- 1994 Elena Donaldson
- 1995 Anjelina Belakovskaia - Sharon Burtman
- 1996 Anjelina Belakovskaia
- 1997 Esther Epstein
- 1998 Irina Krush
- 1999 Anjelina Belakovskaia
- 2000 Elina Groberman - Camilla Baginskaite
- 2001/02 Jennifer Shahade
- 2003 Anna Hahn
- 2004 Jennifer Shahade
- 2005 Rusa Goletiani
- 2006 Anna Zatonskih
- 2007 Irina Krush
- 2008 Anna Zatonskih
[edit] 1962
The 1962 Women's Championship was a ten-round tournament held from April 21 to May 6 in New York City at the Marshall Chess Club and the Manhattan Chess Club, with the exception of round 8 which was played at the London Terrace chess club. Edward Lasker served as the tournament director. Player invitations were made on the basis of USCF ratings, and the field of eleven included defending champion Lisa Lane, former champions Gisela Kahn Gresser, Mary Bain, and Mona May Karff, and Amateur Champion Greta Fuchs, all from New York City.[1]
Gresser won the title for the fifth time, the second time she won the title unshared. The title was not decided until the final round, when Gresser defeated defending champion Lane playing the White side of a Sicilian Defence. The championship was also the Women's Zonal tournament, so Gresser and Lane qualified to play in the 1963 Women's Candidates Tournament.[2]
| Hometown | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisela Kahn Gresser | New York City | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Lisa Lane | New York City | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Eva Aronson | Chicago | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Mona May Karff | New York City | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 |
| 5 | Mary Bain | New York City | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Lucille Kellner | Detroit | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 7 | Jacqueline Piatigorsky | Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 |
| 8 | Mary Selenski | Philadelphia | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Kate Sillars | Wilmette, Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Mildred Morrell | Arella, Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 2.0 |
| 11 | Greta Fuchs | New York City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 |
[edit] References
- ^ Chess Life 17 (4): 69, April 1962
- ^ Chess Life 17 (5): 93, 99, May 1962
- United States Chess Federation (official website, retrieved 21 May 2007)
