Edith Michell
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Edith Mary Ann Michell (nΓ©e Tapsell) (26cite-ref-1[1] July 1872 in Croydon, Surrey β 18 October 1951 in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex)cite-ref-2[2] was an English female chess master.
At the beginning of her career, she twice won Redhill Chess Club championships in 1906 and 1909.cite-ref-3[3] More than two decades later, she became the three times winner of the British Women's Chess Championship in 1931 (jointly), 1932, and 1935.cite-ref-4[4]
She took 4th at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women's championship, Helene Cotton and Edith Holloway won).cite-ref-5[5] She tied for 4-5th at London 1927 (the 1st Women's World Chess Championship) and took 4th at Folkestone 1933 (the 4th Women's World Chess Championship), both won by Vera Menchik.cite-ref-6[6]
She was the wife of Reginald Pryce Michell.
References
cite-note-11. β 1939 UK Census, Kingston-upon-Thames
cite-note-22. β Birth, Marriages & Deaths, probate and burial records, e.g. http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/GraveRecords/jpgs/KingstonCemetery/BurialRegister12_1944-1954/Jpeg/pge00326.jpg Archived 9 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
cite-note-33. β "Championship". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
cite-note-44. β "Patricia Anne Sunnucks". Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
cite-note-55. β "Chess Notes by Edward Winter". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
cite-note-66. β citerefgawlikowski-stanis-aw1978Gawlikowski, StanisΕaw (1978). Olimpiady szachowe 1924-1974. Wyd. Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa. pp. 22, 63 (Polish edition).