Adele Rivero

Adele Rivero / Adele Belcher
Country United States of America
Born 1908
Belgium
Died 1992 (aged 8384)

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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