What is Ruth Haring?
[[File:Haring,Ruth 1980 Malta.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ruth Inez Haring''' (also known as '''Ruth Orton'''; January 23, 1955 – November 29, 2018) was an American [[chess]] player and [[Woman International Master]]. Born in [[Maine]], she competed in the United States Women's Championship in the 1970s and 1980s, and represented the country in the 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 [[Chess Olympiad]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/gk22uy0c.html |title=Orton, Ruth |website=OlimpBase}}</ref> She was President of the [[United States Chess Federation]] from 2011 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chessdom.com/ruth-haring-elected-new-uscf-president/ |title=Ruth Haring Elected New USCF President |date=17 September 2011 |website=Chessdom.com}}</ref> Haring died on November 29, 2018 in [[Chico, California]] at the age of 63.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/wim-ruth-haring-1955-2018|title=WIM Ruth Haring, 1955-2018|last=Klein|first=Mike|work=Chess.com|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{official|http://www.ruthharing.com/Site2012/Welcome.html}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Haring, Ruth}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:American chess players]] [[Category:People from Maine]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}