Rachel Crotto (born December 25, 1958) is an American

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who holds the title of

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM, 1978). She is a two-time winner of the

U.S. Women's Chess Championship Following are the results of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship from 1937 to date. The tournament determines the woman chess champion of the United States. List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions *1937 Adele Rivero *1938 Mona May Karff *1940 Adele ...

(1978, 1979).

Biography

From the 1970s to the 1980s, Crotto was one of the leading female chess players in the United States. She played in her first United States Women's Championship at the age of 12. She two times won the United States Women's Chess Championships in 1978 (with

Diane Savereide Diane Savereide (born November 25, 1954) is an American chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1978 and is a five-time winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship (1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984). Biogr ...

) and 1979. In 1978, Crotto was awarded the FIDE

(WIM) title. Crotto played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =2, -2), * In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =3, -4), * In 1982, at first reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =2, -3), * In 1984, at first reserve board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+8, =2, -1) and won individual silver medal, * In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =1, -5). Crotto participated twice in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in

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shared 12th-13th place; * In 1982, at Interzonal Tournament in Bad Kissingen shared 15th-16th place. Since 1986, she has rarely participated in chess tournaments.

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