11th US Women's Championship; 1955 August 23 - September 6 New York, NY Pre Post 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total W/L/D City, State 1. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser 2116 2056 x 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 - 2 +8-1=2 (New York, NY) 2. Miss Nancy Roos 1888 2008 1 x 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 - 2 +8-1=2 (Los Angeles, CA) 3. Miss Mona Karff 2040 2004 ½ 0 x 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½- 2½ +8-2=1 (New York, NY) 4. Mrs. Jacqueline Piatigorsky 1870 1885 ½ 0 1 x 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 - 3 +7-2=2 (Los Angeles, CA) 5. Mrs. Irene Vines 1916 1956 0 1 0 1 x ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½- 3½ +7-3=1 (New Orleans, LA) 6. Miss Lucille Kellner 1777 1782 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½- 4½ +5-3=4 (Detroit, MI) 7. Mrs. Lina Grumette 1814 1744 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 x 1 1 0 1 ½ 4 - 7 +3-6=2 (Hollywood,CA) 8. Mrs. Willa White Owens 1788 1755 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 - 7 +3-6=2 (Avon Lake, OH) 9. Mrs. Mary Selensky 1905 1747 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 x 1 1 1 4 - 7 +3-6=2 (Philadelphia, PA) 10. Mrs. Rosalie de Serrano 1704 1730 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 x 0 1 2½- 8½ +2-8=1 (East Orange, NJ) 11. Miss Wally Henschel 1750 1662 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 2 - 9 +2-9=0 (New York, NY) 12. Miss Kate Henschel 1750 1690 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 x 1 -10 +0-9=2 (New York, NY) ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1. Gresser 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 +7 2. Roos ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 +7 3. Karff 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 +6 4. Piatigorsky 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 +5 5. Vines 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 +4 6. Kellner 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 +2 7. Grumette ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 -3 8. Owens ½ 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ -3 9. Selensky 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 -3 10. de Serrano ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -6 11. W Henschel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -7 12. K Henschel 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ -9 ROUND 1 Kellner over K. Henschel Vines over Selensky Gresser over W. Henschel Piatigorsky over Karff Owens-de Serrano, ½-½ Grumette-Roos, ½-½ ROUND 2 Gresser over Owens Roos over Karff Kellner over de Serrano Vines over Piatigorsky K. Henschel-Grumette, ½-½ Selensky-W. Henschel, 1-0 ROUND 3 Roos over Piatigorsky Gresser over Kellner Owens over Selensky de Serrano over Grumette Vines over W. Henschel Karff over K. Henschel ROUND 4 Selensky-Kellner, ½-½ Piatigorsky-K. Henschel, 1-0 Vines-Roos, 1-0 Owens-W. Henschel, 1-0 Gresser-Grumette, 1-0 de Serrano-Karff, 0-1 ROUND 5 Grumette over Selensky Owens over Vines Kellner over W. Henschel Roos over K. Henschel Piatigorsky over de Serrano Gresser drew with Karff ROUND 6 Vines over K. Henschel Roos over de Serrano Kellner over Owens Gresser drew with Piatigorsky Karff over Selensky Grumette over W. Henschel ROUND 7 Roos over Gresser Karff over W. Henschel Grumette over Owens Piatigorsky over Selensky [played off after Round 8] Kellner drew with Vines de Serrano over K. Henschel [played off after Round 8] ROUND 8 Kellner over Grumette Gresser over K. Henschel Karff over Owens Vines over de Serrano Roos drew with Selensky Piatigorsky over W. Henschel ROUND 9 Vines over Grumette Roos over W. Henschel Piatigorsky over Owens K. Henschel-Selensky, 0-1 Karff-Kellner, 1-0 de Serrano-Gresser, 0-1 ROUND 10 Karff-Grumette, 1-0 Roos over Owens Gresser over Vines Selensky over de Serrano Kellner-Piatigorsky, ½-½ W. Henschel-K.Henschel, 1-0 ROUND 11 Roos-Kellner, 1-0 Piatigorsky-Grumette, 1-0 Gresser-Selensky, 1-0 K. Henschel-Owens, ½-½ Karff-Vines, 1-0 de Serrano-W. Henschel, 0-1
Edith Weart Update! Further checking shows that Edith Weart put up two of the contestants in her home. (Told you she was still lurking somewhere). She also arranged for the contestants to appear on the Todd Russell Music Corner television program, to try to combat the public conception that chess was dull.