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Jul 16, 2013
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#4
That's a good question, because I can't easily Google it. So I'm going to guess that Irina Krush was one, and Jennifer Shahade was the other.
This was back in the 1940's or 50's, correct?
Mary Bain of Hungary was one?
Come on, Batgirl, we are excited to know if the latest answers are correct. Mary Bain.
Jul 16, 2013
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#15
This is really neat, because I'm learning about a lot of women who played in the 1950s;)
Jul 16, 2013
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#16
None of the above are correct but Adele Rivero, only she was Adele Belcher.
"Chess Life" May 20, 1954
Adele Belcher Tops in Vermont.
After a silence of some years Adele R. Belcher (Mrs. Donald Belcher), who will be better remembered by some as former U.S. Women's Champion Adele Rivero, returned to chess competition by winning the Vermont Chess Association State Championship ahead of a field of 12 male players which included three past State champions. At the annual meeting, Mrs. Belcher was elected vice-president of the Vermont Chess Association.
gisela gresse MI......mona may karff NY
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#20
Not Gresser, not Karff, not Bain.
Appropriately enough, this player came from Morphy's town and her husband was also a strong player - in fact he organized the event in which she won the Louisianna State Championship. In her day she was well known but today she is largely forgotten.
...a little trivia question :
Two women, within a two year period, won the overall chess championships (not the women's championship) of their respective states.
Who can name those two ladies?