Elaine Pritchard | |
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Full name | Elaine Zelia Pritchard |
Country | ![]() |
Born | 7 January 1926 |
Died | 7 January 2012 | (aged 86)
Title | Woman International Master (1957) |
Peak rating | 2150 (January 1990) |
Elaine Zelia Pritchard (7 January 1926 – 7 January 2012), née Saunders, was an English chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1957). She was a four-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship (1939, 1946, 1956, 1965).
Pritchard learned to play chess at the age of five, and was considered a child prodigy. [1] For two consecutive years, she won the World Girl Chess Championships (1936, 1937), and also successfully participated in simultaneous exhibitions against Alexander Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann. [2]
For decades, she was among England's leading women chess players. Elaine Pritchard four times won the British Women's Chess Championships (1939, 1946 — after winning an additional match against Rowena Mary Bruce, [3] 1956, 1965). [4]
Pritchard played for England in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [5]
In 1957, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. She was author of two chess books and an Honorary Life Member of the English Chess Federation. [6] She was married to David Pritchard.
Elaine Pritchard | |
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Full name | Elaine Zelia Pritchard |
Country | ![]() |
Born | 7 January 1926 |
Died | 7 January 2012 | (aged 86)
Title | Woman International Master (1957) |
Peak rating | 2150 (January 1990) |
Elaine Zelia Pritchard (7 January 1926 – 7 January 2012), née Saunders, was an English chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1957). She was a four-time winner of the British Women's Chess Championship (1939, 1946, 1956, 1965).
Pritchard learned to play chess at the age of five, and was considered a child prodigy. [1] For two consecutive years, she won the World Girl Chess Championships (1936, 1937), and also successfully participated in simultaneous exhibitions against Alexander Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann. [2]
For decades, she was among England's leading women chess players. Elaine Pritchard four times won the British Women's Chess Championships (1939, 1946 — after winning an additional match against Rowena Mary Bruce, [3] 1956, 1965). [4]
Pritchard played for England in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [5]
In 1957, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. She was author of two chess books and an Honorary Life Member of the English Chess Federation. [6] She was married to David Pritchard.