U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Following are the results of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship from 1937 to date. The tournament determines the woman chess champion of the United States.

List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions

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Crosstables

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1962

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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.[5]

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 Defense. The championship was also the Women's Zonal tournament, so Gresser and Lane qualified to play in the 1963 Women's Candidates Tournament.[6]

1962 U.S. Women's Championship, New York City April 22 – May 6
Hometown 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total
1 Gisela Kahn Gresser New York City - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2 Lisa Lane New York City 0 - 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 Eva Aronson Chicago ½ 0 - ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
4 Mona May Karff New York City ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
5 Mary Bain New York City 0 1 0 ½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6
6 Lucille Kellner Detroit ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 1 1 5
7 Jacqueline Piatigorsky Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 1 4
8 Mary Selensky Philadelphia 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 - 0 ½ 1
9 Kate Sillars Wilmette, Illinois 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 - 1 1
10 Mildred Morrell Avella, Pennsylvania 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 - 0 2
11 Greta Fuchs New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1

2009

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USA-ch (Women) Saint Louis 2009
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/-
1   Anna Zatonskih (USA) 2462 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2765 +20
2   Camilla Baginskaite (USA) 2317 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 2455 +18
3   Irina Krush (USA) 2458 0 1 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 21.50 2353 +10
4   Alisa Melekhina (USA) 2220 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 20.25 2378 +20
5   Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) 2275 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 4 2256 -2
6   Rusudan Goletiani (USA) 2391 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 0 1 13.50 2203 -22
7   Sabina-Francesca Foisor (USA) 2320 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 0 11.00 2211 -13
8   Iryna Zenyuk (USA) 2285 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 3 2173 -13
9   Yun Fan (USA) 1935 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 * 0 10.25 2165 +16
10   Tsagaan Battsetseg (USA) 2258 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 * 7.50 2130 -15

Average Elo: 2292 <=> Cat: 2

2010

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USA-ch (Women) Saint Louis 2010
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Points TB Perf. +/-
1   Irina Krush (USA) 2476 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2650 +14
2   Anna Zatonskih (USA) 2470 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 28.25 2569 +10
3   Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) 2310 0 ½ * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 25.75 2587 +30
4   Katerina Rohonyan (USA) 2319 0 0 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 11.25 2307 -2
5   Alisa Melekhina (USA) 2265 0 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 1 11.25 2312 +6
6   Camilla Baginskaite (USA) 2343 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 4 12.00 2266 -10
7   Iryna Zenyuk (USA) 2236 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 0 1 4 12.00 2277 +4
8   Sabina-Francesca Foisor (USA) 2317 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 3 2187 -16
9   Beatriz Marinello (USA) 2160 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 * ½ 2045 -11
10   Abby Marshall (USA) 2182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1830 -24

Average Elo: 2307 <=> Cat: 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b USCF website
  2. ^ Braine, Bob (August 1972). "The 1972 Women's Championship". Chess Life. p. 474. The USCF website[1] erroneously lists Braun by her maiden name, Marilyn Koput.
  3. ^ "Saint Louis: Irina Krush US Women's Champion 2010". ChessBase. 2010-07-20. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Carissa Yip wins 2nd US Women's Championship at 20". Chess24. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Women's championship set", Chess Life, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 69, April 1962
  6. ^ "Mrs. Gresser regains women's title", Chess Life, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 93, 99, May 1962
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