THE US WOMEN'S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

1937-

Results and Crosstables

Crosstables Contributed by Former Champion, Dr. Alexey Root

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The US Women's Championship had its roots in the annual Marshall Chess Club Women's Tournament. Tournaments were held in 1935 (won by Marjorie Seaman), and 1936 (won by Adele Rivero Belcher). When the 3rd tournament in the series was sponsored by the National Chess Federation (which merged with the American Chess Federation in 1939 to become the present-day USCF), the tournament was designated as the US Women's Championship.

C H A M P I O N S

#	Year	Winner/s	Location	Top Score	Z	Notes
1	1937	Adele Rivero Belcher	New York, NY	8½-½	-	-
2	1938	Mona May Karff	New York, NY	9½-½	-	-
3	1940	Adele Rivero Belcher	New York, NY	7-1	-	-
4	1941	Mona May Karff	New York, NY	5-1	-	Match: Karff vs. Rivero
5	1942	Mona May Karff	New York, NY	8-0	-	Perfect Score
6	1944	Gisela Kahn Gresser	New York, NY	8-0	-	Perfect Score
7	1946	Mona May Karff	New York, NY	8½-½	-	-
8	1948	Mona May Karff, Gisela Kahn Gresser	South Fallsburg, NY	6½-½	-	Co-Champions
9	1951	Mary Bain	New York, NY	8½-½	-	One round played in West Orange, NJ
10	1953	Mona May Karff	New York, NY	7½-½	-	-
11	1955	Gisela Kahn Gresser, Nancy Roos	New York, NY	9-2	-	Co-Champions
12	1957	Gisela Kahn Gresser, Sonja Graf	Hollywood, CA	9½-1½	Z	Co-Champions
13	1959	Lisa Lane	New York, NY and West Orange, NJ	7-1	Z	-
14	1962	Gisela Kahn Gresser	New York, NY	8½-1½	Z	-
15	1964	Sonja Graf	New York, NY	8½-1½	-	-
16	1965	Gisela Kahn Gresser	New York, NY	8-2	-	-
17	1966	Gisela Kahn Gresser, Lisa Lane	New York, NY	8½-1½	Z	Co-Champions
18	1967	Gisela Kahn Gresser	New York, NY	8-2	-	-
19	1969	Gisela Kahn Gresser	New York, NY	7½-1½	Z	-
20	1972	Eva Aronson, Marilyn Koput Braun	St. Petersburg, FL	7½-2½	Z	Co-Champions
21	1974	Mona May Karff	St. Petersburg, FL	8-2	-	-
22	1975	Diane Savereide	Milwaukee, WI	7½-2½	Z	-
23	1976	Diane Savereide	Teton Village, WY	8-2	-	-
24	1978	Diane Savereide, Rachel Crotto	Rochester, NY	7½-2½	Z	Co-Champions
25	1979	Rachel Crotto	Los Angeles, CA	10½-½	-	-
26	1981	Diane Savereide	Brigham City, UT	9-2	Z	-
27	1984	Diane Savereide	Berkeley, CA	8-3	Z	-
28	1986	Inna Izrailov Koren	Estes Park, CO	7-2	Z	-
29	1987	Anna Akhsharumova Gulko	Estes Park, CO	9-0	-	Perfect Score
30	1989	Alexey Rudolph Root	Spartanburg, SC	7-2	Z	-
31	1990	Elena Akhmilovskaya-Donaldson	Spartanburg, SC	7½-2½	-	-
32	1991	Esther Epstein, Irina Levitina	Highland Beach, FL	7-2	Z	Co-Champions
33	1992	Irina Levitina	Waltham, MA	8-1	Z	-
34	1993	Elena Akhmylovskaia-Donaldson, Irina Levitina	Bloomington, IL	7-2	-	Co-Champions
35	1994	Elena Akhmylovskaia-Donaldson	Bloomington, IL	7½-1½	-	-
36	1995	Anjelina Belakovskaia, Sharon Burtman	Modesto, CA	6½-2½	-	Co-Champions
37	1996	Anjelina Belakovskaia	Parsippany, NJ	7-2	-	-
38	1997	Esther Epstein	Chandler, AZ	7½-1½	-	-
39	1998	Irina Krush	Denver, CO	8½-½	-	-
40	1999	Anjelina Belakovskaia	Salt Lake City, UT	7-2	-	-
41	2000	Elina Groberman, Camilla Baginskaite	Seattle, WA	6½-2½	-	Co-Champions
42	2002	Jennifer Shahade	Seattle, WA	5-4	-	Swiss, combined with US Championship
43	2003	Anna Hahn	Seattle, WA	4½-4½	-	Swiss, combined with US Championship
44	2004	Jennifer Shahade	New York, NY	4½-1½	-	-
45	2005	Rusudan Goletiani	San Diego, CA	4½-4½	-	Swiss, combined with US Championship
46	2006	Anna Zatonskih	San Diego, CA	5-4	-	Swiss, Tie broken in 2 game playoff
47	2007	Irina Krush	Stillwater, OK	7-2	-	-
48	2008	Anna Zatonskih	Tulsa, OK	7½-1½	-	-
49	2009	Anna Zatonskih	St. Louis, MO	8½-½	-	-
50	2010	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	8-1	-	-
51	2011	Anna Zatonskih	St. Louis, MO	5½-1½	-	-
52	2012	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	7-2	-	-
53	2013	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	8-1	Z	-
54	2014	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	6½-2½	-	Three-way tie broken by playoff
55	2015	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	8½-2½	-	-
56	2016	Nazi Paikidze	St. Louis, MO	8½-2½	-	-
57	2017	Sabina-Francesca Foisor	St. Louis, MO	8-3	-	-
58	2018	Nazi Paikidze	St. Louis, MO	8-3	-	Tie broken by playoff
59	2019	Jennifer Yu	St. Louis, MO	10-1	-	-
60	2020	Irina Krush	Internet (St. Louis, MO)	8½-2½	-	Rapids Tournament
61	2021	Carissa Yip	St. Louis, MO	8½-2½	-
62	2022	Irina Krush	St. Louis, MO	9-4	-
63	2023	Carissa Yip	St. Louis, MO	8½-2½	-
64	2024	Carissa Yip	St. Louis, MO	8½-2½	-
65	2025	Carissa Yip	St. Louis, MO	8-3	-

If a tie for first, all winners are listed as co-Champions. Winner's name in bold indicates that at some time after the tournament she won a playoff for the title. Name in italics indicates that player tied for first in the tournament, but lost a playoff for the title before the tournament's closing ceremonies, and is therefore not considered to have been a co-Champion at any point.

USCF Ratings of All Participants From 1950 through 1969

USCF Ratings of All Participants From 1970 through 1981

USCF Ratings of All Participants From 1982 through 1991

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Champions, 1937-Present
Player	Titles Won
Gisela Kahn Gresser	9
Irina Krush	9
Mona May Karff	7
Diane Savereide	5
Anna Zatonskih	4
Carissa Yip	4
Elena Donaldson	3
Irina Levitina	3
Anjelina Belakovskaia	3
Adele Rivero Belcher	2
Sonja Graf	2
Lisa Lane	2
Esther Epstein	2
Rachel Crotto	2
Jennifer Shahade	2
Nazi Paikidze	2
Mary Bain	1
Nancy Roos	1
Eva Aronson	1
Marilyn Koput Braun	1
Inna Izrailov Koren	1
Anna Akhsharumova Gulko	1
Alexey Rudolph Root	1
Sharon Burtman	1
Elina Groberman	1
Camilla Baginskaite	1
Anna Hahn	1
Rusudan Goletiani	1
Sabina-Francesca Foisor	1
Jennifer Yu	1

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