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hahn at the 2003 u.s. chess championships in seattle riga , latvia 2235 -lrb- january 2013 -rrb- woman international master 21 july 1976 anna hahn annahahn0301 013.jpg anna hahn -lrb- chess player -rrb-
 anna hahn
anna hahn -lrb- chess player -rrb-

anna hahn -lrb- born june 21 , 1976 -rrb- is an american chess player with the title of woman international master .
in her native latvia , she took the women 's championship of 1992 and then moved to the u.s. , where in 1994 she won the new york city high school championship , and helped lead edward r. murrow to three consecutive national high school championships -lrb- 1992 -- 1994 -rrb- .
hahn represented latvia in the 30th chess olympiad in manila 1992 and represented united states in the 34th chess olympiad in istanbul 2000 .
she won the 2003 u.s. women 's chess championship in seattle after beating irina krush and jennifer shahade in a three way playoff for the title .
in the aftermath , there was some controversy and considerable media interest when hahn was not subsequently selected for the olympiad training squad .
understandably , krush and shahade had been expected to be joined by the also highly rated susan polgar and anna zatonskih to make up a squad capable of winning against the highly favored chinese ladies team .
nevertheless , many would argue that performances are a better indication of strength than elo rating .
anna hahn was previously known as anna khan and many of her older games on chess databases will be found under that name .
she works as a trader for d. e. shaw & co. in new york city .
