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In 2019, she won the New York State Scholastic Championships and was the 2023 KCF All-Girls Nationals Champion. [1] She is the highest-rated African-American female chess player in history. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Naomi Bashkansky (born 2003), is an American chess player, a World Schools Chess Champion (Girls U13), [1] a North American Junior Girls Under 20 Champion, [2] and a Woman International Master. [ 3 ] Bashkansky won first place in the 2016 World Schools Chess Championship in Sochi , [ 4 ] and became the 2017 North American Junior Girls Under 20 ...
The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments. [ 1 ] The first Official World Championship was held in 1886, and there has always been at least one world champion since then. [ 2 ]
Female chess players in the modern era generally compete in a mix of open and women's tournaments. With women representing a low fraction of all chess players throughout history, it has been uncommon for women to win open tournaments where women and men are mixed together, particularly at the higher levels.
Lee began competing in the US Girls' Junior Championships when she was 10 years old. At age 13, she won the 2023 US Girls' Junior Championship with a score of 7.5/9, making her the youngest winner in the tournament's history. [23] [24] At age 14, she successfully defended her title at the 2024 US Girls' Junior Championship. [25] [26]
Megan Lee is a chess Woman International Master. [1] She won the Washington State Championship in 2020 [2] and 2022, and the 2019 U.S. Women's Open.Previously, Lee won the 2013 North American Youth U18 Girls Championship and the 2009 Kasparov All-Girls Nationals Championship.
Rochelle Ballantyne (born 1995) is an American chess player. She is best known for appearing in the 2012 documentary Brooklyn Castle. Her USCF rating is 1988, putting her in the 99th percentile of American junior players. [1] Her FIDE rating is 1912, [2] with her highest rating achieved being 1954 in January 2012.
Carissa Shiwen Yip (born September 10, 2003) is an American chess player and the winner of the 2021, 2023, and 2024 U.S. Women's Chess Championship. [1] [2] In September 2019, she was the top rated female player in the United States [3] and the youngest female chess player to defeat a grandmaster, which she did at age ten.