15th US Women's Championship; 1964
April 26 - May 10
New York, NY


                                 Pre   Post  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1   Total    W/L/D  City, State
 1. Mrs. Sonja Graf-Stevenson    2059  2111  x 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1   8½-1½   +8-1=1  Los Angeles, CA
 2. Mrs. Gisela Kahn Gresser     2137  2121  1 x 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1   7½-2½   +6-1=3  New York, NY
 3. Miss Mona M. Karff           2047  2038  0 1 x ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1   6½-3½   +5-2=3  New York, NY
 4. Mrs. Eva Aronson             2035  2001  0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1   5½-4½   +3-2=5  Florida
 5. Mrs. Jacqueline Piatigorsky  1936  1931  0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 1 1 ½   5½-4½   +3-2=5  Los Angeles, CA
 6. Miss Cecelia Rock            1824  1816  0 ½ 1 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1   5 -5    +2-2=6  Massachusetts
 7. Mrs. Mary Selensky           1840  1863  0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½   4½-5½   +2-3=5  Philadelphia, PA
 8. Miss Zenaida Huber           1810  1813  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 0 1   4 -6    +2-4=4  Queens, NY
 9. Mrs. Mary Bain               1979  1915  0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 x 1 ½   3½-6½   +2-5=3  New York, NY
10. Mrs. Sarah Kaufman           1770  1738  0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x ½   2½-7½   +2-7=1  Queens, NY
11. Mrs. Adele Goddard           1746  1724  0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x   2 -8    +0-6=4  Florida

  • Average Rating: 1926.

  • Pre-tournament ratings from the May, 1964 Ratings Supplement.
    Post-tournament ratings from the July, 1964 Ratings Supplement.
    Pre and Post-tournament Ratings may include results from other tournaments.
    Graf's pre-tournament rating from the 3/5/1958 Rating List.
    Gresser's pre-tournament rating from the January, 1964 Annual Rating List.
    Karff's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1962 Annual Rating List.
    Aronson's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1962 Annual Rating list.
    Piatigorsky's pre-tournament rating from the March, 1964 Rating Supplement.
    Selensky's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1962 Annual Rating List.
    Bain's pre-tournament rating from the December, 1962 Annual Rating list.
    Kaufman's pre-tournament rating from the January, 1964 Annual Rating List.

  • The tournament was held at the Henry Hudson Hotel.

  • Graff lost to Gresser in Round 1, then scored 8½ out of the next 9.

  • The Edith Lucie Weart Trophy, in circulation since 1951, was awarded again in this tournament. Graf received $250 of the $650 prize fund.

  • 17 year old Cecilia Rock was the US Women's Amateur Champion. (Source)

  • Zenaida Huber (1964, 1965) and Zenaida Wagner (1966, 1967) are the same person.

  • Mrs. Mabel Burlingame of Phoenix began the tournament, and played her first four games before withdrawing due to illness. As she completed less than half her schedule, those results were nullified.

  • Chess Life, May 1964, p. 110
  • Chess Review, June 1964, p. 163, 168.

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