Kathleen Josephine Hindle (born 5 October 1948), née Patterson, is a
Scottish chess
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player. She twice shared first place in the
Scottish Women's Chess Championships.
Biography
From the end of 1960s to the begin of 1980s, Kathleen Hindle was one of Scotland's strongest female chess players. She twice won Glasgow Girls' Chess Championships (1965, 1966). In 1966, in
Dundee she won first Scottish Girls' Chess Championship, bet year later she won British Under-18 Girls' Chess Championship.
Kathleen Hindle twice shared 1st place the Scottish Women's Chess Championships: 1975 (with
Muriel Leask) and 1979.
Kathleen Hindle played for Scotland in the
Women's Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1976, at second board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa
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(+2, =1, -6),
* In 1978, at second board in the
8th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Buenos Aires
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(+4, =3, -5),
* In 1980, at first board in the
9th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Valletta
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(+3, =4, -5).
* In 1982, at third board in the
10th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Lucerne (+3, =3, -4).
In 1968 Kathleen Hindle married the English chess master
Owen Hindle.
References
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1948 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Glasgow
Scottish female chess players
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