Rebecca Joy Selkirk (born 1993), is a South African chess player and Woman Candidate Master.

Career

Selkirk earned the title of Woman Candidate Master in 2019. She represented South Africa in the

2018 Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and ...

on board four, and the

2022 Chess Olympiad The 44th Chess Olympiad (also known as the Indian Chess Olympiad), was organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) in Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India from 28 July to 9 August 2022. It consisted of open and w ...

, also on board four, scoring 4/9. Selkirk qualified to represent South Africa in the 2021 Online Olympiad. However, she declined her invitation, citing a lack of transparency and incompetent handling of the qualification process.

Streaming and blogging

In late January 2020, Selkirk partnered up with South African Woman's Chess Champion,

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

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, to start the HashtagChess channel on the streaming platform

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, which has amassed over 14,500 followers as of July 2022. On 1 October 2021, Jesse February announced that she would be leaving HashtagChess to stream on her personal twitch account (Jesse_Feb), leaving Selkirk the sole owner of the HashtagChess channel. The split was amicable, with "different career and content creation goals" being cited as the primary reasons. Selkirk also regularly posts blogs on the popular website chess.com under her personal account.

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Rebecca Selkirk
chess games at 365Chess.com 1993 births Living people South African chess players South African female chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 21st-century South African women 21st-century South African people Chess Woman Candidate Masters {{SouthAfrica-chess-bio-stub