14th US Women's Championship and Zonal; 1962
April 21 - May 6
New York, NY
Pre Post 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Total W/L/D
1. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser 2144 2160 x 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½-1½ +7-0=3
2. Miss Lisa Lane 2002 2037 0 x 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½-2½ +7-2=1
3. Mrs. Eva Aronson 1953 2036 ½ 0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 -3 +5-1=4
4. Miss Mona Karff 2029 2046 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 -3 +4-0=6
5. Mrs. Mary Bain 1964 1978 0 1 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6 -4 +4-2=4
6. Miss Lucille Kellner 1819 1865 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ x 0 ½ 1 1 1 5 -5 +3-3=4
7. Mrs. Jacqueline Piatigorsky 1860 1850 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 1 0 1 4 -6 +4-6=0
8. Mrs. Mary Selensky 1906 1855 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 ½ 1 3½-6½ +1-4=5
9. Miss Kate Sillars 1837 1827 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 x 1 1 3½-6½ +3-6=1
10. Miss Mildred Morrell 1846 1834 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 x 0 2 -8 +1-7=2
11. Mrs. Greta Fuchs 1765 1728 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 -9 +1-9=0
Average Rating: 1919.
Pre-tournament ratings from the April, 1962 Ratings Supplement.
Post-tournament ratings from the August, 1962 Ratings Supplement.
Pre and Post-tournament Ratings may include results from other tournaments.
Gresser's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1961 Annual Rating List.
Lane's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1961 Annual Rating List.
Piatigorsky's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1961 Annual Rating List.
Bain's pre-tournament rating from the 5/5/1955 Rating List.
This was Gresser's 5th title, only behind Karff's 6.
According to Chess Life, participants were chosen by USCF Ratings.
Gresser and Lane qualified for the 1963 Women's Candidates Tournament. At least that's what Chess Life says. More likely they qualified for an Interzonal.
Kate Sillars was 14 years old during this tournament.
Katherine Sillars and Katherine Gasser are the same person.
Gresser won the Edith Lucie Weart Trophy for her performance. So, that one is still around. But the Herman Dittman Trophy seems to have disappeared into the same black hole that the
Hazel Allen and Chess Review Trophies fell into.
Chess Life, May 1962, pp. 93, 99.
Chess Review, June 1962, pp. 163-4.
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