12 Facts About Ruth Haring

Ruth Inez Haring, known as Ruth Orton, was an American chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master.

Ruth Haring competed in the United States Women's Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, and represented the US in the 1974,1976,1978,1980, and 1982 Chess Olympiads.

Ruth Haring was reelected in 2013 for a three-year term, and served on the executive board for seven years.

Ruth Haring served on the CalChess Board of Directors, and was the FIDE Zonal President for zone 2.1, the USA.

Ruth Haring was born January 23,1955, on Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Ruth Haring starting playing chess while growing up in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Ruth Haring joined the US Chess Federation at the age of 14 and first played competitively in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Ruth Haring graduated from the University of Arkansas, where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, and studied computer science at San Jose State University.

Ruth Haring worked for companies including IBM and eBay prior to her work at the US Chess Federation.

Ruth Haring's first husband was Bill Orton, who was a chess player.

Ruth Haring married chess Grandmaster Peter Biyiasas in 1978 and divorced in 2005.

Ruth Haring died November 29,2018, at the age of 63, in Chico, California.