12.01.18 Former United States Chess Federation president and native Mainer Ruth Haring died on November 29th at the age of 63. Haring was a Women's International Master, the current FIDE Zonal President for the United States, and was on Nigel Short's FIDE presidential ticket for the office of General Secretary. Although Short's ticket did not win, Haring was elected to the FIDE ethics committee. We extend our condolences to Ruth Haring's family and friends.

Thanks to Darrell Salisbury for contributing to this report.

Ruth Haring's obituary on uschess.org

Ruth Haring's obituary on chess.com