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Susan Caldwell

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Susan Caldwell
CountryEngland
Born (1958-10-02) 2 October 1958 (age 66)

Susan Linda Caldwell (born 2 October 1958) is an English chess player. She is a three-time medal winner of the British Women's Chess Championship (1974, 1977, 1978) and Women's Chess Olympiad team silver medal winner (1976).

Biography

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Susan Caldwell participated in many British Women's Chess Championships:[1]

  • in 1973 shared 5th–6th place;
  • in 1974 shared 2nd–3rd place;
  • in 1975 shared 4th–5th place;
  • in 1976 shared 5th–6th place;
  • in 1977 ranked 3rd place;
  • in 1978 shared 1st–2nd place but lost Sheila Jackson additional match with 0:2.

In 1975, in Glasgow Susan Caldwell with England team won Glasgow 800 Team Chess Tournament with perfect individual result (3 points from 3).[2] In 1978, in Kikinda she ranked 7th in 2nd European Girls' Junior Chess Championship (tournament won Nana Ioseliani).[3] In 1981, in Benidorm Susan Caldwell shared 4th-5th place with Sheila Jackson in Women's World Chess Championship West European zonal tournament (tournament won Nieves García Vicente).[4]

Susan Caldwell played for England in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

Susan Caldwell was a director of the Hallas Foundation Ltd. and Larkham Printers and Publishers Ltd.[6] She is an author of chess books "The Usborne Guide to Playing Chess" (ISBN 0746001355) and "Playing Chess (A Beginner's Guide)" (ISBN 0860204073).

References

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  1. ^ "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: Glasgow 800 Team Chess Tournament, Glasgow 1975, England
  3. ^ OlimpBase :: 2nd European Girls' Junior Chess Championship, Kikinda 1978
  4. ^ OlimpBase :: West European zonal, Benidorm 1981
  5. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Susan Caldwell". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. ^ HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSAN CALDWELL (02-X-1958)
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