It’s encouraging, however, that just recently a prize has been set up to give a large amount of money to any American woman who can attain the Grandmaster Title. The first grant went to Irina Krush.
While it may have been in that TV Show, the song was performed by James Cagney and Joan Leslie in the 1942 film “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, a biopic of Cohan’s life…
It is interesting how certain players seem to have “blind spots”. I had a frequent opponent that somehow just couldn’t see problems on his King 3 (e6) square, when he was black. I won a lot of games from him on that square… ☺
Those rankings are only among women players, not all players. No woman player has ever been Number One in the World among all players. And the term “Grandmaster” (GM), refers to all players, “Woman Grandmaster” (WGM), is not as strong, so, it’s a much better accomplishment to have become a GM for Nona, Susan, and Pia. The USA, at this current time, has only one Woman GM, Irina Krush.
Another interesting bit of trivia is: As of 2023, all female Grandmasters are alive, and the vast majority who obtained the title since 2000 are still active…
It’s encouraging, however, that just recently a prize has been set up to give a large amount of money to any American woman who can attain the Grandmaster Title. The first grant went to Irina Krush.