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, born in

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. She took 5th at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women's championship won by Helene Cotton and

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). After the tournament three of the participants (Holloway, Cotton and

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) defeated three others (Kalmar, Gülich and Pohlner) in a double-round London vs. Vienna match. She was thrice a

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Challenger. She took 3rd, behind

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and

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at London 1927, took 2nd at Hamburg 1930, and took 2nd at Prague 1931, both behind V. Menchik. She died in 1931 in

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. In 2017, she was inducted into the

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