Anne Sunnucks
Patricia Anne Sunnucks , married Anne Mothersill (born February 21, 1927 , † November 22, 2014 in Braintree ) was a British chess player . She won the British Women's Chess Championship in 1957, 1958 and 1964 . Since 1954 she has held the title of International Master .
Life
Sunnucks learned the rules of chess as a child, but did not begin to take seriously chess until the age of 21. She was trained by Imre König , who was living in England at the time. At the British women's championship in 1953, which was won by Eileen Betsy Tranmer , she finished second. In 1954 she represented Great Britain in an international match against the Soviet Union , which was fought in London on ten boards (including two women boards). Sunnucks lost 0.5: 1.5 against Kira Sworykina . In the same year she qualified by a 2nd place in the zone tournament for the candidates tournament for the women's chess championship in 1956 and received the title of international champion. As a member of the Women's Royal Army Corps , in which she reached the rank of major , she was not allowed to travel to the Soviet Union and therefore had to forego participation.
In the further course of her chess career, she won the British women's championship in 1957, 1958 and 1964. At the Chess Olympiads in 1966 , 1972 and 1974 she played for the English women's team and scored a total of 8.5 points from 26 games.
In 1970 she published the reference work The Encyclopaedia of Chess . Male reviewers criticized the fact that women's chess took up a disproportionate amount of space in it. A second edition appeared in 1976 ( ISBN 0709146973 ).
Sunnucks founded a chess club in 1972, where she lived at Camberley . She made her house available for his events and also ran a chess supply store called BMS Chess Supplies from there .
In 1985 she married Richard C. Mothersill and took his last name. Her games are listed under this name in the chess database » ChessBase «, although she had already ended her chess career at the time of the marriage.
Web links
- Obituary , British Chess News, November 22, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Olimpbase , accessed January 16, 2020.
- ↑ Chess Notes 9280 , May 19, 2015.
- ↑ Camberley Chess Club history , accessed January 16, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sunnucks, Anne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sunnucks, Patricia Anne (full name); Mothersill, Anne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1927 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 22nd November 2014 |
| Place of death | Braintree |