8th US Women's Championship; 1948
August 23-31
South Fallsburg, NY

                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Score   W/L/D
 1. Miss Mona Karff          x ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1   6½- ½  +6-0=1
 2. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser ½ x 1 1 1 1 1 1   6½- ½  +6-0=1
 3. Mrs. Mary Bain           0 0 x ½ 1 1 ½ 1   4 -3   +3-2=2
 4. Mrs. Lina Grumette       0 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1   3½-3½  +2-2=3
 5. Miss Lucille Kellner     0 0 0 ½ x 0 1 1   2½-4½  +2-4=1
 6. Miss Adele Raettig       0 0 0 0 1 x 0 1   2 -5   +2-5=0
 7. Mrs. Mary L. Selensky    0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 x 0   2 -5   +1-4=2
 8. Miss Elizabeth Wray      0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x   1 -6   +1-6=0

  • The tournament was again held concurrently with the US Championship. Mrs. Caroline D. Marshall was Tournament Director, Miss Edith L. Weart was Assistant TD.

  • Bain was from Miami Beach, Grumette from Brooklyn, Kellner from Detroit, Raettig from Hoboken, and Selensky from Philadelphia. Gresser, Karff, and Wray were from New York.

  • Chess Life, September 5, 1948, p. 1. September 20, 1948 pp. 2, 4.
  • Chess Review, May 1948, p. 3. September 1948, pp. 4, 6.

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