Esther Epstein

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Esther Epstein
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Epstein in 2003
Born (1954-05-10) May 10, 1954 (age 71)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title Woman International Master (1972)
Peak rating 2305 (January 1977)

Esther Danilovna Epstein [1] (born May 10, 1954) is an American chess player and systems manager, who has won the U.S. Women's Chess Champion in 1991 and 1997. She holds a Woman International Master title.

Still in the USSR, Epstein was the USSR Women's Vice-Champion in 1976. She has played for the U.S. Women's Olympiad team five times. [2]

She is married to chess grandmaster Alexander Ivanov.

Preceded by U.S. Women's Chess Champion
1991 (with Irina Levitina)
Succeeded by
Irina Levitina
Preceded by U.S. Women's Chess Champion
1997
Succeeded by

References

  1. "Федерация Шахмат Нижегородской Области". nnchess.org.
  2. "The United States Chess Federation - WIM Esther Epstein". www.uschess.org.