Florence Hutchison-Stirling
Florence Hutchison-Stirling was a Scottish chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927.Biography
Florence Hutchison-Stirling was one of five daughters and two sons of James Hutchison Stirling, Scottish idealist philosopher. She started played chess around the age of eight or nine, reaching such a level that her father, who had an interest in various board games. Florence Hutchison-Stirling was a member of Edinburgh Ladies' Chess Club, and supported the activities of the Scottish Ladies' Chess Association. She was a five-time winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship. Also Florence Hutchison-Stirling were the first women to compete in Scottish Men's Chess Championship. She played in several British Women's Chess Championships where in 1913 she shared 1st place but lost play-off, and in 1923 she shared 2nd - 5th place. In 1923, in Portsmouth she drew with Alexander Alekhine in simultaneous exhibition on 37 boards. In 1927, Florence Hutchison-Stirling participated in first Women's World Chess Championship where she ranked 8th place.
