4th US Women's Championship; 1941
11/16/1941 - 12/7/1941
New York, NY

                      1 2 3 4 5 6
Mona Karff            1 1 1 1 0 1   5
Adele Rivero Belcher  0 0 0 0 1 0   1

  • Match was Best of 8. Belcher was White in the odd-numbered games.

  • Miss Karff was awarded the Chess Review Trophy. It looks like the Hazel Allen Trophy has officially disappeared into history at this point. She who wins the Chess Review Trophy three times gets to keep it.

  • The players split a $197.00 purse, taking home $98.50 each.

  • The match was played at the Marshall Chess Club.

  • L. Walter Stephens served as referee of the match.

  • Chess Review, December 1941, pp. 219-221.

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