Anna Katarina Beskow or Anna Catharina Beskow (2 February 1867 in StockholmAllan Werle in ''Schackkorrespondenten'', 5/1983, as quoted i

by Edward Winter, 28 January 2015 11 August 1939 in Salzburg) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. She was a four-time participant in the early

Women's World Chess Championship The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...

tournaments held before World War II. She took second place behind Vera Menchik at the first Women's World Championship held in London in 1927, fourth place at the second Women's World Championship held in Hamburg in 1930, fourth place at the third Women's World Championship held in Prague in 1931, and 23rd place at the 1937 Women's World Championship held in Stockholm.Women's World Chess Championship
Campeonato del Mundo Femenino

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Swedish female chess players 1867 births 1930s deaths {{Sweden-chess-bio-stub