Dinah Margaret Norman

English chess player

Dinah Margaret Norman
Dinah Dobson Norman (Hoogovens, 1969)
Country	England
Born	(1946-08-21) 21 August 1946 (age 77) Exeter, Devon, England
Title	Woman Candidate Master
Peak rating	2053 (January 2000)

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]

In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+0, =1, -2),
In 1969, at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+1, =10, -3).

Dinah Margaret Norman has been a member of Crowthorne Chess Club and played in the Berkshire League.^[4]

References

^ "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk.
^ OlimpBase :: European zonal 2, Vrnjačka Banja 1970
^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Dinah Dobson". www.olimpbase.org.
^ Birthday of WCM Dinah Norman (née Dobson) (21-viii-1946)