Helen Milligan (chess player)

Helen Milligan

Helen Milligan at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 2010.
Country  New Zealand
Born 25 August 1962[1]
Glasgow, Scotland
Title Woman FIDE Master (WFM)
FIDE rating 2013 (Jan 2013)
Peak rating 2135 (Oct 2002)

Dr Helen Milligan (born Helen Scott on 25 Aug 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland), is a chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM).[2]

Career

Milligan has won or jointly won the Scottish Women's Chess Championship three times in 1982, 1986 and 1988.[3] She also jointly won the British Women's Chess Championship in 1983.[4]

Milligan represented Scotland in eleven Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006, and represented New Zealand in the three Chess Olympiads since then.[5] Her best results were in 1982 and 1988 when she scored 7/11 and finished in 10th and 11th place respectively in those two years.[5]

Milligan won the Oceania Women's Chess Championship held in Queenstown in January 2012 on tiebreak.[6] She also competed in Women's Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987, Blackpool 1990, Delden 1993, Saint Vincent 1999, and Gold Coast 2009.[1]

Milligan co-authored the book "Chess for Children" with GM Murray Chandler, 2004, Gambit Publications, ISBN 1-904600-06-9.[7] She is an officer of the New Zealand Chess Federation.[8]

Milligan has a doctorate in Astrophysics. Her thesis was on the pulsation of Delta Scuti stars.[1][9]

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Helen Milligan player profile at www.chessgames.com
  2. ↑ Helen Milligan player profile at www.fide.com
  3. ↑ Scottish Women's Champions Chess Scotland
  4. ↑ British Chess Champions BritBase
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Helen Milligan Chess Olympiad record from www.olimpbase.org
  6. ↑ 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic official web page
  7. ↑ Chess for Children Gambit Publications
  8. ↑ New Zealand Chess Federation official web page
  9. ↑ WFM Helen Milligan in "Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012" photos by Luciana Mendoza