Florence Frankland Thomson

Florence Frankland Thomson (née Wilson, 8 December 1885 – 2 July 1939) was a Scottish chess master. She was Women's World Chess Championship participant (1937). She was a six-times winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship (1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937).

Florence Frankland Thomson
CountryScotland
Born(1885-12-08)December 8, 1885
Glasgow, Scotland
DiedJuly 2, 1939(1939-07-02) (aged 53)
Glasgow, Scotland

Biography

In the 1920s Florence Frankland Thomson joined Glasgow Ladies' Chess Club. She was champion of the club on several occasions. Florence Frankland Thomson also was Glasgow Ladies' Chess Club President but only a few weeks before her death she was elected Vice-President for the second time. Florence Frankland Thomson was also champion of Glasgow Polytechnic Chess Club on two occasions. She six times participated and each time won the Scottish Women's Chess Championships: 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1937.

Florence Frankland Thomson also participated in the British Women's Chess Championship when she shared 3rd-4th place in 1935, and shared 2nd-3rd place in 1936, and won 2nd place in both the 1937 and 1938 tournaments. In 1937, Florence Frankland Thomson participated in Women's World Chess Championship in Stockholm where with Ingrid Larsen shared 21st-22nd place.[1]

Florence Frankland Thomson was the first female insurance broker in Scotland.[2]

Her son Alexander Aird Thomson (1917—1991) has also been a chess player who won the Scottish Men's Chess Championship in 1951 and represented Scotland three times at Chess Olympiad (1956, 1958, 1964).[3]

References
  1. "1927-39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  2. "Chess Scotland". www.chessscotland.com.
  3. "Chess Scotland". www.chessscotland.com.
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