1944 US Women's Chess Championship


6th US Women's Championship; 1944
April 15 - May 7
New York, NY

                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  Total   W/L/D
 1. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser  x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  8 -0   +8-0=0
 2. Miss Mona Karff           0 x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  7 -1   +7-1=0
 3. Miss Kate Henschel        0 0 x 1 1 1 0 1 1  5 -3   +5-3=0
 4. Miss Wally Henschel       0 0 0 x 0 1 1 1 1  4 -4   +4-4=0
 5. Miss Adele S. Raettig     0 0 0 1 x 0 1 1 1  4 -4   +4-4=0
 6. Mrs. Nancy Roos           0 0 0 0 1 x 1 1 1  4 -4   +4-4=0
 7. Miss Elizabeth Wray       0 0 1 0 0 0 x 1 1  3 -5   +3-5=0
 8. Miss Mildred Peters       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x ½   ½-7½  +0-7=1
 9. Mrs. Maude M. Stephens    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ x   ½-7½  +0-7=1


ROUND BY ROUND  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. Gresser      1 1 1 1 1 B 1 1 1  8 -0   +8
2. Karff        1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 B  7 -1   +6
3. K. Henschel  1 1 1 1 B 0 0 1 0  5 -3   +2
4. W. Henschel  1 1 B 0 0 0 0 1 1  4 -4   =
5. Raettig      0 B 1 1 0 1 1 0 0  4 -4   =
6. Roos         0 0 0 0 1 1 1 B 1  4 -4   =
7. Wray         0 0 0 B 1 1 0 0 1  3 -5   -2
8. Peters       B 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0   ½-7½  -7
9. Stephens     0 0 0 0 0 0 B ½ 0   ½-7½  -7

ROUND 1
Karff over Raettig
K. Henschel over Stephens
W. Henschel over Roos
Gresser over Wray
Peters - Bye

ROUND 2
K. Henschel over Roos
W. Henschel over Peters
Karff over Wray
Gresser over Stephens
Raettig - Bye

ROUND 3
K. Henschel over Peters
Gresser over Roos
Karff over Stephens
Raettig over Wray
W. Henschel - Bye

ROUND 4
Karff over Roos
Gresser over Peters
K. Henschel over W. Henschel
Raettig over Stephens
Wray - Bye

ROUND 5
Gresser over W. Henschel
Karff over Peters
Roos over Raettig 
Wray over Stephens
K. Henschel - Bye

ROUND 6
Karff over K. Henschel
Raettig over W. Henschel
Wray over Peters
Roos over Stephens
Gresser - Bye

ROUND 7
Roos over Wray
Raettig over Peters
Karff over W. Henschel
Gresser over K. Henschel
Stephens - Bye

ROUND 8
Gresser over Karff
K. Henschel over Raettig
W. Henschel over Wray
Peters drew with Stephens
Roos - Bye

ROUND 9
Gresser over Raettig
Wray over K. Henschel
W. Henschel over Stephens
Roos over Peters
Karff - Bye

This was the second of (to date) three perfect scores in the US Women's Championship, the other two coming in 1942 and 1987.

Gresser and Karff met in Round 8, each with perfect scores (6-0 for Gresser, 7-0 for Karff), for the game that decided the tournament.

Thanks to John S. Hilbert for providing the start and end dates.

Chess Review, March 1944, p. 3. April 1944, p. 3, 11, 28-29. May 1944, p. 5, 10, 11.

New York Times, May 8, 1944

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