Florence Hutchison-Stirling | |
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Country | Scotland |
Born | 1858 London, England |
Died | 6 May 1948 Burntisland, Scotland | (aged 89–90)
Florence Hutchison-Stirling (1858 – 6 May 1948) was a Scottish chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927.
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 were the first women to compete in Scottish Men's Chess Championship (1925, 1927).[1] She played in several British Women's Chess Championships where in 1913 she shared 1st place but lost play-off,[2] and in 1923 she shared 2nd - 5th place.[3] In 1923, in Portsmouth she drew with Alexander Alekhine in simultaneous exhibition on 37 boards.[4] In 1927, Florence Hutchison-Stirling participated in first Women's World Chess Championship where she ranked 8th place.[5]