Alexey Wilhelmina Root (nee Rudolph), (born 1965) is a chess player, teacher, and writer, who was the 1989 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. She holds the title of Woman International Master, and received a Ph.D. degree from UCLA.
Root is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas,[1] and has written three books on the relationship between chess and education.
Preceded by Anna Akhsharumova |
U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1989 |
Succeeded by Elena Donaldson |