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Mona May Karff was born on 20 October, 1908, is an American chess player. Discover Mona May Karff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
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Mona May Karff Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Mona May Karff Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mona May Karff worth at the age of 90 years old? Mona May Karff’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. She is from . We have estimated Mona May Karff's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
There she met and married her cousin, an attorney named Abraham S. Karff (15 March 1901 – 16 February 1995).
She never remarried, but her long-time romantic relationship with Edward Lasker (a five-time U.S. Chess Open champion) was not a secret.
Karff was also a stock investor who was worth a small fortune.
She spoke eight languages fluently and traveled extensively.
As an art lover, she spent a good portion of her fortune on modern art.
Mona May Karff (née Minna Ratner; 20 October 1908 – 10 January 1998) was an American chess player.
Sometime after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, her family moved to Tel Aviv, in what was then Palestine.
Her father, Aviv Ratner, a wealthy Jewish land-owner, had taught her to play chess when she was 9 years old.
Because of her natural ability, she started playing in tournaments in Tel Aviv and developed into a strong player.
In 1930, she moved to Boston and became a U.S. citizen, aged 21.
Karff played in three Women's World Chess Championships: 1937 Stockholm, playing for Palestine and placing sixth (won by Vera Menchik); 1939 Buenos Aires, playing for the U.S. and placing 5th (also won by Menchik); 1949 Moscow, playing for the U.S. (won by Lyudmila Rudenko).
Mona May Karff won her first U.S. Women's Chess Champion title ahead of Mary Bain and Adele Rivero in 1938.
She also won four consecutive U.S. Open titles: 1938, 1939, 1948, and 1950 (shared with Lucille Kellner).
Karff was born in Bessarabia, a province in Tsarist Russia.
She dominated U.S. women's chess in the 1940s and early 1950s: she held seven U.S. Women's Chess Champion titles and four consecutive U.S. Open titles.
She competed and won the title six more times, in 1941, 1943, 1946, 1948 (sharing it with Gresser), 1953 and in 1974 (at age 66).
When FIDE established titles in 1950, Mona May Karff was one of three American women to receive the title of International Woman Master.
She died in Manhattan on January 10, 1998.
