Mary Gilchrist
Mary Dinorah Gilchrist (* 1882 , † January 14, 1947 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish chess player . She was the daughter of the West Scottish chess master John Gilchrist.
Gilchrist was the Scottish Champion in 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1938 . She was British Champion in 1929 and 1934 .
She took part in the women's world chess championship twice: in 1933 in Folkestone she was third among seven participants. In Stockholm 1937 she reached the 8th / 9th among 26 participants together with the Swede Ingeborg Andersson . Space.
Gilchrist initially lived in Rutherglen, where she was a member of the Glasgow Ladies' Chess Club . After moving to Edinburgh, she became a member of the Edinburgh Ladies' Chess Club . Gilchrist was President of the Scottish Chess Federation and a lifelong member of the British Chess Federation .
She died unexpectedly on January 14, 1947.
Individual references and sources
- ^ DM MacIsaac: Women's Chess in Scotland . Chess , December 1943, p. 36. Accessed online February 13, 2015
- ↑ John Saunders: British Chess Champions . Retrieved February 13, 2015
- ↑ Alan McGowan: Miss Mary Dinorah Gilchrist . ChessScotland.com, accessed February 13, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilchrist, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gilchrist, Mary Dinorah |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1882 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1947 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh , Scotland, United Kingdom |