Florence Hutchison-Stirling
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| death_place = Burntisland, Scotland
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Florence Hutchison-Stirling (1858 – 6 May 1948) was a Scottish chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927.
Biography
Florence Hutchison-Stirling was one of five daughters and two sons of James Hutchison Stirling (1820 – 1909), Scottish idealist philosopher. She started played chess around the age of eight or nine, reaching such a level that her father, who had an interest in various board games. Florence Hutchison-Stirling was a member of Edinburgh Ladies' Chess Club, and supported the activities of the Scottish Ladies' Chess Association (founded in 1905). She was a five-time winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship (1905, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1913). Also Florence Hutchison-Stirling was one of the first women to compete in Scottish Men's Chess Championship (1925, 1927).{{cite web|url=https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/history/biographies/stirling.htm|title=Chess Scotland|website=www.chessscotland.com}} She played in several British Women's Chess Championships where in 1913 she shared 1st place but lost play-off,{{cite web|url=http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/191308bcf-viewer.html|title=BritBase: 10th British Championship 1913, Cheltenham|website=www.saund.co.uk}} and in 1923 she shared 2nd - 5th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/192308bcf-viewer.html|title=BritBase Chess: 16th British Championship 1923, Southsea|website=www.saund.co.uk}} In 1923, in Portsmouth she drew with Alexander Alekhine in simultaneous exhibition on 37 boards.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1819071|title=Alexander Alekhine vs Florence Hutchison Stirling (1923)|website=www.chessgames.com}} In 1927, Florence Hutchison-Stirling participated in first Women's World Chess Championship where she ranked 8th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/2739$wix.htm%7ctitle=1927-39|title=Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
References
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External links
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Category:Chess players from London
Category:Scottish female chess players
Category:Scottish chess players
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