Happy Birthday WIM Ruth Sheldon (03-v-1980).

Ruth was born in Manchester and became a WFM in 1993 and WIM in 1996. Her peak rating was 2310 in July 1999.

She was World U12 Vice Champion in 1992, World U14 Champion in 1993 and World U18 Champion in 1998.

She is a lecturer in Religion and Social Science at King’s College, London

Here is her rather brief Wikipedia entry.

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[Event “Redbus KO”]
[Site “Southend”]
[Date “1999.04.02”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Rowson, Jonathan”]
[Black “Sheldon, Ruth”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “D03”]
[WhiteElo “2494”]
[BlackElo “2265”]
[Annotator “British Chess News”]
[PlyCount “244”]
[EventDate “1999.04.??”]
[EventType “k.o.”]
[EventRounds “4”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[SourceTitle “CBM 071”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.08.01”]
[SourceVersion “1”]
[SourceVersionDate “1999.08.01”]
[SourceQuality “1”]

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