Susan Kathryn Lalic (née Walker; born 28 October 1965) is an English

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, 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 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 ...

(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 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 ...

s, 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 Nonsuch High School is an all-girls' grammar school with an academy status, located in Cheam, in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, on the border of the London Borough of Sutton, and standing in of grounds on the edge of Nons ...

from 1977 to 1984, and has been married in the past to

Keith Arkell Keith Charles Arkell (born 8 January 1961) is an English chess Grandmaster. He won the English Chess Championship in 2008. In 2014 he was European Senior (50+) Champion, and, later in the year, tied for first in the World Senior (50+) Champio ...

and then to

Bogdan Lalić Bogdan Lalic (born 8 March 1964) is a Croatian 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 Grandmast ...

. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.

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Susan Lalic
chess games at 365Chess.com
Susan Walker
chess games at 365Chess.com * 1965 births Living people Chess International Masters Chess woman grandmasters English female chess players English chess players People educated at Nonsuch High School {{England-chess-bio-stub

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