United States Women’s Chess Champions, 1937–2020 Chess Score Books Tournament Supplies Reshevsky excelled at positional play

Reshevsky excelled at positional play

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Direct attacks are usually defended pretty easily

United States Women’s Chess Champions, 1937–2020 Chess Score Books Tournament Supplies Reshevsky excelled at positional playAs late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U. S. Womens Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living U. S. Womens Chess Champions, this