21st US Women's Championship; 1974
April 28 - May 12
St. Petersburg, FL

                      Rtng  ST  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1  Total   W/L/D
 1. Mona Karff        2011  NY  x ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1  8 -2   +6-0=4
 2. Ruth Haring       1843  AR  ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1  7½-2½  +5-0=5
 3. Gisela Gresser    1919  NY  ½ ½ x ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1  7 -3   +5-1=4
 4. Eva Aronson       1862  FL  0 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  6 -4   +4-2=4
 5. Greta Olsson      1887  CA  0 0 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 1 1 1  6 -4   +5-3=2
 6. Mabel Burlingame  1766  AZ  0 ½ 1 0 ½ x 1 ½ 1 0 1  5½-4½  +4-3=3
 7. Joan Schmidt      1856  CA  ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½  4 -6   +2-4=4
 8. Kathryn Slater    1729  NY  0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 x ½ ½ 1  3½-6½  +1-4=5
 9. Susan Sterngold   1824  WI  ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ x ½ 1  3½-6½  +1-4=5
10. Judith Rippeth    1615  IN  0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ x ½  3 -7   +1-5=4
11. Diane Comini      1635  CA  0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ x  1 -9   +0-8=2

  • Average Rating: 1813

  • USCF Ratings and states are taken from the annual rating list in the December, 1974 issue of Chess Life & Review.

  • Mona Karff's victory in this tournament comes 36 years after her first title win. This is the same time that elapsed between Reshevsky's first US title win in 1936 and his final one in 1972.

  • As per Sarah Beth Cohen, the tournament was held at the Princess Martha Hotel.

  • Greta Olsson and Hedvig Olsson are the same person.

  • Chess Life & Review, August 1974, p. 517.

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