Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English
chess
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player, holding both
International Master
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(IM) and
Woman Grandmaster
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(WGM) titles. She is five-time
British Women's Chess Champion: 1986, 1990–1992, and 1998.
Career
Lalic has played for
England
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nine times in
Chess Olympiad
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s, from 1984 to 2000, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998, she played on the top board.
She was the Fifth Women's
Commonwealth Champion in 1987, the contest having been incorporated into the Lloyd's Bank Congress of that year.
Lalic was educated at
Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984, and was married to
Keith Arkell
Keith Charles Arkell (born 8 January 1961) is an English chess Grandmaster.
He won the English Chess Championship in 2008. In 2014 he was European Senior (50+) Champion, and, later in the year, tied for first in the World Senior (50+) Champio ...
and then to
Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.
See also
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List of female chess players
This article lists female chess players who have received FIDE (International Chess Federation) titles or have other significant achievements in chess.
Grandmasters
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References
External links
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Susan Lalicchess games at 365Chess.com
Susan Walkerchess games at 365Chess.com
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1965 births
Living people
Chess International Masters
Chess Woman Grandmasters
English female chess players
English chess players
People educated at Nonsuch High School
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century English sportswomen
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