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England (Active players) Only Women

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Hunt, Harriet V m ENG 2454 10 1978
2 Houska, Jovanka m ENG 2433 12 1980
3 Lalic, Susan K m ENG 2298 9 1965
4 Corke, Anya wg ENG 2257 0 1990
5 Lauterbach, Ingrid wm ENG 2169 5 1960
6 Jackson, Sheila wg ENG 2155 6 1957
7 Bellin, Jana wg ENG 2143 16 1947
8 Regan, Natasha K wm ENG 2131 5 1971
9 Tidman, Sophie E wf ENG 2109 9 1984
10 Grigoryan, Meri wf ENG 2099 17 1977
11 Chevannes, Sabrina L wf ENG 2074 14 1986
12 Bhatia, Kanwal K ENG 2072 0 1981
13 Yurenok, Maria S wf ENG 2062 16 1976
14 Hegarty, Sarah N wf ENG 2057 8 1988
15 James, Ann-Marie wf ENG 2048 1 1974
16 Pass, Deborah J wf ENG 2002 20 1967
17 Summerscale, Claire E ENG 1980 0 1975
18 Khoo, Selina ENG 1978 4 1991
19 Dines, Sheila J ENG 1931 3 1993
20 Norman, Dinah M wc ENG 1924 2 1946
21 Hoare, Amy ENG 1904 2 1996
21 Messam-Sparks, Lateefah ENG 1904 0 1992
23 Martin, Katie A ENG 1901 0 1989
24 Thilaganathan, Jessica ENG 1888 4 1992
25 Jain, Radha ENG 1883 0 1996
26 Moore, Gillian A ENG 1837 0 1944
27 Stepanyan, Astghik ENG 1823 2 1994
28 Ynojosa, Angelica Maria ENG 1806 6 1992
29 Wang, Xingliang Anna ENG 1763 11 1999
30 Dale, Hannah ENG 1759 0 1990
31 Kokossis, Danae ENG 1753 0 1995
32 Wang, Maria ENG 1730 7 1996
33 Sainbayar, Anuurai ENG 1722 1 1989
34 Pritchard, Abigail ENG 1592 0 1994
35 Hale, Katie L W ENG 1583 2 1991
36 Foster, Caroline ENG 1542 3 1994
37 Constable, Christine F ENG 1512 5
38 Mihajlova, Diana ENG 1449 22 1958
39 Sainbayar, Amukhulan ENG 1293 0 1991

Would be pretty awesome if we could get the top 5 out to the Olympiad one year...

Olympiads always used to attract all the top names, almost without exception. A ladies team might have been Jana, Sheila, Susan Caldwell with Sue Lalic then Harriet coming along and Jovanka now, of course. A British Ladies Championship, sometimes run as an all-play-all, occasionally a Swiss - once drawing as many as 24 players - ensured they all met at least once a year.

Chess history is easy to forget.