Alexey Root

Alexey Wilhelmina Root (née Rudolph, born 1965) is an American chess player, teacher, and writer, who was the 1989 U.S. Women's Chess Champion. She holds the title of Woman International Master, and received a Ph.D. degree from UCLA.

Alexey Root
Country	United States
Born	(1965-07-24) July 24, 1965 (age 59)
Title	Woman International Master (1990)
Peak rating	2080 (January 1990)

Root is Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas,^[1] and has written seven books on the relationship between chess and education.

She is also Research Awards Coordinator at Chessable and writes for SparkChess.com.

Bibliography

• Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators. Libraries Unlimited. 2006. ISBN 978-1591583585.
• Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving. Libraries Unlimited. 2008. ISBN 978-1591585718.
• Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities. Libraries Unlimited. 2009. ISBN 978-1591587545.
• People, Places, Checkmates: Teaching Social Studies with Chess. Libraries Unlimited. 2010. ISBN 978-1591588504.
• Living Chess Game, The: Fine Arts Activities for Kids 9-14. Libraries Unlimited. 2010. ISBN 978-1598843804.
• Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14. Mongoose Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1936277360.
• United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020. McFarland. 2022. ISBN 978-1476686936.