25th US Women's Championship; 1979
July 8-22
Los Angeles, CA
 
 Rtng ST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Total W/L/D
 1. Rachel Crotto 2051 NY x 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½- ½ +10-0=1
 2. Ruth Haring 1921 CA 0 x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½-2½ + 7-1=3
 3. Diane Savereide 1993 CA 0 ½ x 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 7½-3½ + 7-3=1
 4. Karen Street 1712 CA 0 0 0 x ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1  6 -5 + 5-4=2
 5. Alison Bert 1742 GA 0 0 0 ½ x 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5½-5½ + 4-4=3
 6. Gisela Gresser 1891 NY ½ ½ 1 0 0 x ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 5 -6 + 2-3=6
 7. Greta Olsson 1794 CA 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 0 1 1 5 -6 + 4-5=2
 8. Pamela Ford 1795 CA 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 1 0 1 1 4 -7 + 4-7=0
 9. Diana Lanni 1788 MI 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 x 1 0 0 4 -7 + 4-7=0
10. Susan Sterngold 1856 NY 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 x 1 0 4 -7 + 3-6=2
11. Katherine Gasser 1893 MA 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 x 1 3½-7½ + 2-6=3
12. Ekaterina Stolyarov 1810 CA 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 x 2½-8½ + 2-8=1
 
 

· Average Rating: 1854.

· States and Ratings from the Top 50 Women's List in the January 1979 issue of Chess Life & Review. Stolyarov's rating is from the annual rating list in the January 1980 issue of Chess Life.

· The following games were forfeits:
Savereide over Gasser
Olsson over Gasser
Gresser over Ford
Sterngold over Ford

· Pamela Ford (1978, 1979, 1981, 1984) is listed as Pamela Ruggiero in 1990 and 1991.

· Greta Olsson and Hedvig Olsson are the same person.

· Chess Life & Review, November 1979, pp. 618-621.

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