Esther Epstein

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.

Esther Epstein
Epstein in 2003
Born	(1954-05-10) May 10, 1954 (age 71) Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Woman International Master (1972)
Peak rating	2305 (January 1977)

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 five times.^[2]

She is married to chess grandmaster Alexander Ivanov.

Preceded by Elena Donaldson

U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1991 (with Irina Levitina)

Succeeded by Irina Levitina

Preceded by Anjelina Belakovskaia

U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1997

Succeeded by Irina Krush