by John Bain | May 10, 2022 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women Chess Players
Isabelle Choko by by John Bain Isabelle Choko survived Auschwitz–the Nazi extermination camp, became a successful chess player and eventually won the French Women’s Chess Championship.Isabelle was born in Lodz, Poland on September 18, 1928,... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 31, 2021 | Blog, Prodigies in Chess, U.S. Women Chess Champions, Women Chess Players
by John Bain Carissa beats 4 former champions on way to title! Shortly after her 18th birthday, Carissa made history by becoming the first woman ever to defeat four former champions in a USA Women’s Chess Championship on her way to the title. The four former USA... Read more 
by John Bain | Oct 5, 2021 | Women Chess Players, Women World Champs 2020
Aleksandra Goryachkina On October 8-21, 2021, all eyes in the chess world will be on 23-year-old Aleksandra Goryachkina, who will be the only woman competing in the Open Section of the 74th annual Russian Chess Championships taking place in Ufa, Russia. Aleksandra... Read more 
by John Bain | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog, Women Chess Players
Alexandra Kosteniuk! by John Bain Alexandra is scheduled to play in the 2022 Women’s World Chess Candidates Tournament later in 2022. At 37 years old, Alexandra wins the 2021 FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup! Alexandra, aka “Chess Queen” on social... Read more 
by John Bain | Jul 5, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Women Chess Players
Gisela Kahn Gresser 9 TimesUSA Women’s Chess Champion! by John Bain Gisela Kahn Gresser won the title nine times between 1944 and 1969. Gisela Kahn Gresser was born February 8, 1906 in Detroit, Michigan and died December 4, 2000. Gresser studied the... Read more 
by John Bain | Jun 1, 2021 | Blog, Chess Improves Lives, Chess in the News!, Women Chess Players
Iulija Osmak Ukrainian Women’s Chess Champion by John Bain One day in March 2021 on a Thursday, the Ukrainian Women’s Chess Champion, Iulija Osmak, became a World Chess Champion. Iulija Osmak won the online 2021 University Women’s... Read more 
