daughter of the wealthy and influential banker, Édouard Alphonse de Rothschild, and Germaine Alice Halphen; married to Robert Calmann-Levy; married the fabled cellist Gregor Piatigorsky in 1937
Mrs. Piatigorsky's accomplishments as a chess player included a bronze medal in the first Women's Olympiad in 1957. She managed the Herman Steiner Hollywood Chess Group after his death in 1955; engaged Frank Loyd Wright, Jr. to design a new venue: The Herman Steiner Chess Club. Her two Piatigorsky Cup GM tournaments held in Los Angeles in 1963 and 1966, universally considered to be the strongest in the U.S. since New York 1924, did much to enhance the stature of chess in the U.S. and generated popular tournament books.
Mrs. Piatigorsky's accomplishments as a chess player included a bronze medal in the first Women's Olympiad in 1957. She managed the Herman Steiner Hollywood Chess Group after his death in 1955; engaged Frank Loyd Wright, Jr. to design a new venue: The Herman Steiner Chess Club. Her two Piatigorsky Cup GM tournaments held in Los Angeles in 1963 and 1966, universally considered to be the strongest in the U.S. since New York 1924, did much to enhance the stature of chess in the U.S. and generated popular tournament books.
daughter of the wealthy and influential banker, Édouard Alphonse de Rothschild, and Germaine Alice Halphen; married to Robert Calmann-Levy; married the fabled cellist Gregor Piatigorsky in 1937
Mrs. Piatigorsky's accomplishments as a chess player included a bronze medal in the first Women's Olympiad in 1957. She managed the Herman Steiner Hollywood Chess Group after his death in 1955; engaged Frank Loyd Wright, Jr. to design a new venue: The Herman Steiner Chess Club. Her two Piatigorsky Cup GM tournaments held in Los Angeles in 1963 and 1966, universally considered to be the strongest in the U.S. since New York 1924, did much to enhance the stature of chess in the U.S. and generated popular tournament books.
Mrs. Piatigorsky's accomplishments as a chess player included a bronze medal in the first Women's Olympiad in 1957. She managed the Herman Steiner Hollywood Chess Group after his death in 1955; engaged Frank Loyd Wright, Jr. to design a new venue: The Herman Steiner Chess Club. Her two Piatigorsky Cup GM tournaments held in Los Angeles in 1963 and 1966, universally considered to be the strongest in the U.S. since New York 1924, did much to enhance the stature of chess in the U.S. and generated popular tournament books.
Bio by: elarpe
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FIDE World Chess Federation, Saturday, 21 July 2012; The Herman Steiner Chess Club by Andy Sacks; Wikipedia
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