United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020

Alexey W. Root (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8693-6 (ISBN)

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Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living US Women’s Chess Champions, this book examines their careers with biographies, photos and 171 annotated games, most of which are from the 60 championships between 1937 and 2020.

As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women's Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes.

Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living U.S. Women's Chess Champions, this book examines their careers with biographies, photos, and 171 annotated games, most of which are from the 60 championships between 1937 and 2020.

Alexey W. Root, Ph.D., is a lecturer at The University of Texas at Dallas and a former United States Women’s Chess Champion. This is her eighth book.

Table of Contents

Championships and Champions deleteviii

Foreword by Grandmaster Irina Krush

Preface

Introduction

1. Adele Rivero Belcher

2. Mona May Karff

3. Gisela Kahn Gresser

4. Mary Bain

5. Nancy Roos

6. Sonja Graf

7. Lisa Lane

8. Eva Aronson

9. Marilyn Simmons

10. Diane Savereide

11. Rachel Crotto

12. Inna Koren

13. Anna Akhsharumova

14. Alexey Root

15. Elena Akhmilovskaya Donaldson

16. Esther Epstein

17. Irina Levitina

18. Sharon Burtman

19. Anjelina Belakovskaia

20. Irina Krush

21. Elina Cotler

22. Camilla Baginskaite

23. Jennifer Shahade

24. Anna Hahn

25. Rusudan Goletiani

26. Anna Zatonskih

27. Nazi Paikidze

28. Sabina Foişor

29. Jennifer Yu

Ratings and Crosstables

References

Traditional Openings Index (to game numbers)

ECO Openings Index (to game numbers)

General Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	29 photos, 171 annotated games, 93 diagrams, 60 crosstables, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-8693-9 / 1476686939
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8693-6 / 9781476686936
Zustand	Neuware