Photo #130936, 23 x 16 cm. January 1950, Moscow, Women's World Chess Championship. In the photo: tournament participant G. Gresser, USA. Press Agency. PRINTED IN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

*Gisela Kahn Gresser (February 8, 1906 Detroit, Michigan - December 4, 2000) was an American chess player. She dominated women's chess in the United States, winning the U.S. Women's Chess Championship nine times from 1944 to 1969.

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.