Name Adele Rivero Role Professional Chess Player | Died 1992 | |
Country United States of America | ||
Adele Rivero was the first U.S Women's Chess Champion and held the title twice, in 1937 and 1940. She learned chess because her husband told her that "woman didn't have the brains for the game". In 1941, she lost her title to Mona May Karff. The day just before, Adele remarried with Donald Belcher. She was Vermont Champion in 1954.
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