Katarina Beskow

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Anna Katarina Beskow or Anna Catharina Beskow[1] (2 February 1867 in Stockholm[2] [3] 11 August 1939 in Salzburg[2]) was a Swedish chess master.

She was a four-time participant in the early

1937 Women's World Championship held in Stockholm.[4]

References

  1. ^ Entry on the family website, retrieved on 8 February 2015
  2. ^ a b Allan Werle in Schackkorrespondenten, 5/1983, as quoted in Chess Notes, item 9073 by Edward Winter, 28 January 2015
  3. ^ Henrik Malm Lindberg: Det tidiga damschacket och Sveriges okända VM-tvåa, in: Schackkultur, issue 49/2014. Mentioned by the author in a letter to Edward Winter, published in Chess Notes, item 9078, 1 February 2015
  4. ^ Women's World Chess Championship: Campeonato del Mundo Femenino (in Spanish)