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Chess ProdigyTSvrlve-Year-Old Oirl Holds World’sChampionship For All Oirls jUnder 21Whiskers and lines of wisdom always went with the popular conception of topflight chess players until, dimpled Elaine Saunders, age 12, came along-.She met Dr. Alexander Alekhine,the world champion, in a tournament in England, and, while he defeated her, he said afterwards she was agenius and caused him a lot of trouble. IFor the last two years she has been champion of the open chesstournament for girls of all nationalities under 21 years. She startedplaying chess seriously when she was six years old and her mother saysshe took to the game as easily as most children master tiddlev-winks.She likes the company of grown-: ups rather than children, and thinks!Ia lot of games one has to play at parties are silly. Her ambitions are to become* an air pilot and own a riding school. She doesn’t like party frocks because a person usually catches a cold and has to have mlt; li-cine and doctors.
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Peace River Northern Gazette
Peace River, Alberta, CA
Fri, Mar 11, 1938
Page 7
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NC, USA 19 Oct 2020
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