Nancy Roos, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetNancy Roos
American chess player
Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1905
Date of Death: 06-Apr-1957
Profession: chess player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Nancy Roos
- Nancy Roos (February 28, 1905 – April 6, 1957) was a U.S.
- chess champion. Born Nancy Krotoschin in Belgium, she married Martin Roos. Before coming to America she was active at the Cercle l'Echiquier in Brussels. Roos won the U.S.
- Women's Chess Championship in 1955 with Gisela Kahn Gresser, both scoring 9–2. She took second at the Pan-American Tournament in 1954 behind Mary Bain and Mona May Karff, and tied for second at the 1942 U.S.
- Women's Championship behind Adele Belcher and Karff. Roos was a professional photographer and at the time of her death was the second highest rated woman in the U.S.
- Chess Federation. She died of cancer in Los Angeles, California.
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