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Susan K. Lalic
Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player, holding both 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 ... (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women's Chess Champion: 1986, 1990–1992, and 1998. Lalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads, 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 has been married in the past to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley. See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Lalić
Bogdan Lalic (born 8 March 1964) is a Croatian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster. He has the record of an unbeaten streak of 155 games. He was born in Yugoslavia – Zagreb in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1985, and the Grandmaster_(chess), Grandmaster title in 1988. Notable achievements * finished equal first at the GM Closed Pleven 1987 and GM Closed Sarajevo 1988 tournaments * 1987: shared 1-3 I Ciudad de Badajoz Open, the winner on Buchholz system, Bucholz * 1987: winner of Avignon (Championnat France Rapidplay) * 1987: winner of 12th Aubervilliers Rapidplay (Paris) * 1988: winner of XVII Ciudad de Sevilla Open * 1988: shared 1st place in Berlin Sommer Open * 1991: shared 1st to 3rd place in Neu Isenburg Open (with GMs Eric Lobron and Alexander Chernin) * 1994: shared 1-2 (the winner on Buchholz system, Bucholz) with GM Branko Damljanović in IV Paz de Ziganda Memorial Rapidplay (Pamplona) * 1994: winner of Port Erin Open * 1994: sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
