Dinah Margaret Norman Explained

Dinah Margaret Norman
Country:England
Birth Date:21 August 1946
Birth Place:Exeter, Devon, England
Woman Candidate Master
Peakrating:2053 (January 2000)
Fideid:402621

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present. www.saund.co.uk.
  2. http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc1972-zonaleurope2.html OlimpBase :: European zonal 2, Vrnjačka Banja 1970
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Dinah Dobson. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.
  4. http://britishchessnews.com/event/birthday-of-dinah-margaret-norman-nee-dobson-21-viii-1946/2020-08-21/ Birthday of WCM Dinah Norman (née Dobson) (21-viii-1946)