United States Women’s Chess Champions, 1937–2020 Chess Score Books Tournament Supplies - Sicilian Defence - Richter-Rauzer

- Sicilian Defence - Richter-Rauzer Variation 9

Black’s Main Strategy versus the White Bishop Pair

With his guidance

Direct attacks are usually defended pretty easily

Starring: Simon Williams

United States Women’s Chess Champions, 1937–2020 Chess Score Books Tournament Supplies - Sicilian Defence - Richter-RauzerAs 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