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Dinah Margaret Norman

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Dinah Margaret Norman
Dinah Dobson Norman (Hoogovens, 1969)
CountryEngland
Born (1946-08-21) 21 August 1946 (age 78)
Exeter, Devon, England
TitleWoman Candidate Master
Peak rating2053 (January 2000)

Dinah Margaret Norman (born 21 August 1946), née Dobson, is an English chess player. She was a three-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship (1967, 1968, 1969).

Biography

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In the 1960s and 1970s, Dinah Margaret Norman was one of England's strongest female chess players. She won the British Women's Chess Championship three times: 1967 (shared 1st place with Rowena Mary Bruce), 1968 and 1969 (shared 1st place with Rowena Mary Bruce).[1] In 1970, she participated in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship cycle European zonal tournament in Vrnjačka Banja where ranked in 12th place.[2] In 1970, she won U.S. Women's Open Chess Championship in Boston.

Dinah Margaret Norman played for England in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]

Dinah Margaret Norman has been a member of Crowthorne Chess Club and played in the Berkshire League.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: European zonal 2, Vrnjačka Banja 1970
  3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Dinah Dobson". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ Birthday of WCM Dinah Norman (née Dobson) (21-viii-1946)
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