bob10
28th November 2020, 09:45 PM
Though women’s chess in Australia is still waiting for its own tipping point, there are promising signs. In 2017, a Queensland woman, Heather Richards (https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/beating-stigma-on-and-off-the-chessboard-girls-and-women-in-australian-chess-20171205-gzyru7.html), achieved the first victory by an Australian female over a grandmaster since the turn of the century (unfortunately, the victim was one of us - David Smerdon).
Hopefully, it is only a matter of time before we see the emergence of our own Australian Beth Harmon or our own Queen of Queensland.
The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/the-queens-land-gambit-a-brief-history-of-chess-in-australia-150638?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20 for%20November%2027%202020%20-%201796817446&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20f or%20November%2027%202020%20-%201796817446+CID_d6a94312200770b3e258d4022cd0b5dd&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=The%20Queensland%20gambit%20a%20brief%20h istory%20of%20chess%20in%20Australia)
Hopefully, it is only a matter of time before we see the emergence of our own Australian Beth Harmon or our own Queen of Queensland.
The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/the-queens-land-gambit-a-brief-history-of-chess-in-australia-150638?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20 for%20November%2027%202020%20-%201796817446&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20f or%20November%2027%202020%20-%201796817446+CID_d6a94312200770b3e258d4022cd0b5dd&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=The%20Queensland%20gambit%20a%20brief%20h istory%20of%20chess%20in%20Australia)