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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