Edith Holloway

Edith Holloway

Edith M. Holloway (1868 – 1956) was one of the brightest names in British women's chess.

Winner of the first post-WWI British Women's Championship in 1919, she was in the prize list in several subsequent contests, taking the title for a second time in 1936. [http://www.chessarch.com/excavations/0008_holloway/holloway.shtml]

She played for England in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. Her individual statistics: 13 games (+2 –9 =2). Mrs. Holloway won against Peter Potemkine (Russia), yet this one made history. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1924/1924in.html OlimpBase :: Chess Olympiad Paris 1924: information ] ]

Holloway also shared 4-5th place in the inaugural World Women's Championship tournament at London 1927. She tied for 6-7th at Warsaw 1935 (5th WW-ch), and 10-16th at Stockholm 1937 (6th WW-ch). All these events were won by Vera Menchik. [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/campioni/femminile.htm I campionati del mondo femminile] ]

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