Cathy Warwick

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Cathy Warwick (née Forbes) (b. 1968) is an English chess player and writer.

She won the British Women's Chess Championship three times, in 1987, 1988 and 1994 and played for the England women's chess team. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master, but later resigned it in protest at the whole principle of having separate "inferior" women's titles (although she is not in principle opposed to women-only tournaments).

She is also known for her writings on chess. They include the first full-length work on the Polgár sisters, published in 1992 shortly after Judit Polgár broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest grandmaster, and a 1993 biography of Nigel Short, a leading British player who was for a time ranked world no. 3.

In her role as a chess journalist she covered the 1992 match between Fischer and Boris Spassky in Yugoslavia. After the match was over she placed a casual game against Fischer on his pocket set.[1] This was the last recorded game of Fischer's career.[2]She was also part of Channel 4's coverage of the 1993 World Championship match between Short and Garry Kasparov held in London, and has appeared on the TV quiz show Eggheads.

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  1. ^ Seirawan, Yasser;Stefanovic, George (1992). No Regrets:Fischer-Spassky 1992. International Chess Enterprises. ISBN 1-879479-09-5. 
  2. ^ Donaldson, John;Tangborn,Eric (1999). The Unknown Bobby Fischer. International Chess Enterprises. ISBN 1-879479-85-0. 

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