Melanie Buckley

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Melanie Buckley
Country England
Born (1982-07-31) 31 July 1982 (age 42)
Peak rating 2184 (July 2002)

Melanie H. Buckley (born 31 July 1982) is an English chess player, British Women's Chess Championship winner (2001).

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Biography

In 1996, Melanie Buckley won British Girl's Chess Championship in U15 age group. In 2001, in Scarborough she won British Women's Chess Championship. [1]

Melanie Buckley played for England in the Women's Chess Olympiad: [2]

Since 2007, she has rarely participated in chess tournaments.

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References

  1. "John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present". www.saund.co.uk.
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melanie Buckley". www.olimpbase.org.