Mary Elizabeth Davies (11 October 1925 – 3 June 2015) was a Welsh

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 ...

player, Welsh Women's Chess Championship winner (1974).

Biography

In the 1970s Mary Elizabeth Davies was one of the best chess female player in Wales. She has won Welsh Women's Chess Championship in 1974. Mary Elizabeth Davies played for Wales in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

: In 1976, at third board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =0, -5).

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Mary Elizabeth Davies
chess games at 365chess.com 1925 births 2015 deaths Welsh chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Wales-bio-stub