Helen Milligan (chess player)
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| Country | Scotland New Zealand |
| Born | 25 August 1962 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Title | Candidate Master Woman FIDE Master |
| Peak rating | 2138 (July 1999)[1] |
Dr Helen Milligan (née Scott; born 25 Aug 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM), and three-time Oceania senior women's champion (2012, 2013, 2015).
She has a doctorate in Astrophysics from the University of Saint Andrews; her thesis was on the pulsation of Delta Scuti stars.[2]
In 2004 Milligan co-authored the book "Chess for Children" with Grandmaster Murray Chandler.[3] She is an officer of the New Zealand Chess Federation.[4] She works as a coach at Murray Chandler's National Chess Centre in Auckland.[5]
Chess career
Milligan has won or jointly won the Scottish women's championship three times: in 1982, 1986 and 1988.[6] She also jointly won the British Women's Chess Championship in 1983.[7]
Milligan represented Scotland in eleven Women's Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006. Since 2008, she has been playing for New Zealand,[8] as in 2007 she switched federations.[9]
Milligan won the Oceania women's championship held in Queenstown in January 2012 on tiebreak.[10] She also competed in Women's Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987, Blackpool 1990, Delden 1993, Saint Vincent 1999, and Gold Coast 2009.[citation needed]
In 2015 she became Asian women's senior champion in the over 50 age category in Larestan, Iran.[11]
Notable games
- Diane Savereide vs Helen Milligan, Thessaloniki Olympiad (women) 1988, Russian Game: Classical, (C42), 0-1
- Helen Milligan vs Dana Reizniece, European Team Ch (women) 2001, Sicilian Defence: Old Sicilian, (B32), 1-0
- Subbaraman Meenakshi vs Helen Milligan, Gibraltar Masters 2004, Queen's Indian Defence, (E12), 0-1
- Helen Milligan vs Anthony Ker, Queenstown Classic 2012, Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, (B08), 1-0
References
- ↑ Helen Milligan FIDE rating history, 1983-2001 at OlimpBase.org
- ↑ "The pulsation of Delta Scuti stars". St Andrews University Library.
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- ↑ New Zealand Chess Federation official web page
- ↑ National Chess Centre - Private Coaching
- ↑ Scottish Women's Champions Chess Scotland
- ↑ British Chess Champions BritBase
- ↑ Women's Chess Olympiads: Helen Milligan. OlimpBase.
- ↑ Player transfers in 2007. FIDE.
- ↑ 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic official web page
- ↑ Winners of Asian Seniors Chess Championships 2015. FIDE. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
External links
- Helen Milligan rating card at FIDE
- Helen Milligan chess games at 365Chess.com
- Helen Milligan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
