Esther Epstein

Esther Epstein
Epstein in 2003
Born (1954-05-10) May 10, 1954
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleWoman International Master (1972)
Peak rating2305 (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 four times.

She is married to chess grandmaster Alexander Ivanov.

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