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Peggy Clarke (chess player)

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Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Clarke
Born
Margaret Wood

29 October 1937
Died15 September 2018(2018-09-15) (aged 80)
Other namesPeggy Clarke-Wood
OccupationChess Champion 1966
Years active1966
SpousePeter Clarke (m. 1962)
Children3 daughters

Peggy Clarke (née Wood) (29 October 1937 – 15 September 2018[1]) was joint British ladies' chess champion in 1966.[2][3] She was the daughter of Baruch Harold Wood and married Peter Hugh Clarke in 1962. They had three daughters.

References

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  1. ^ RIP Peggy Clarke: English Chess Federation. Retrieved on 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ Anne Sunnucks, The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, 1970 pp. 76, 127.
  3. ^ "M Adams Development of a Grandmaster". Bristol & District Chess League. [permanent dead link]