Ruth Sheldon

{{short description|English chess player}}

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| title = Woman International Master (1996)

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Ruth Sheldon (born 3 May 1980) is an English chess player.

She won the Under-14 Girls' World Youth Chess Championship in 1993,{{Cite web |date=1993-08-01 |title=Chess: Manchester Ruth defeats the girls |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/chess-manchester-ruth-defeats-the-girls-1458709.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}} and the Under-18 Championship in 1998.{{Cite web |last=Svensen (TarjeiJS) |first=Tarjei J. |date=2023-10-25 |title=8-Year-Old Makes Chess History: England's First World Youth Champion in 25 Years |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/8-year-old-bodhana-scores-historic-triple-world-championship-title |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}

She played in the England women's team which won the bronze medal in the European Team Chess Championship in 1997, and took part in the 32nd Chess Olympiad.

She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Kent, and is a lecturer in religion and social science at King's College London.[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ruth-sheldon Dr Ruth Sheldon], King's College London