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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