Helen Milligan

Helen Milligan at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 2010.

Country| Scotland (until 2007)
New Zealand (since 2007)
Born|  (1962-08-25) 25 August 1962 (age 61)
Glasgow, Scotland
Title| Candidate Master (2013)
Woman FIDE Master
Peak rating| 2138 (July 1999)[1]

Helen Milligan (born Helen Scott; 25 August 1962) is a Scottish-New Zealand chess player holding the FIDE titles of Candidate Master (CM) and Woman FIDE Master (WFM), and three-time Asian senior women's champion.

In 2004 Milligan co-authored the book "Chess for Children" with Grandmaster Murray Chandler.[2] She currently works as a chess coach, and runs chess events for her club, North Shore Chess Club.[citation needed] She also holds the FIDE titles of International Arbiter (IA) and FIDE Trainer (FT).

## Biography[edit]

Helen Milligan gained a doctorate in astrophysics from the University of Saint Andrews in 1989; her thesis was on the pulsation of Delta Scuti stars.[3]

Milligan has won or jointly won the Scottish women's championship three times: in 1982, 1986 and 1988.[4] In 1983 she was joint British ladies' champion with Rani Hamid.[5]

Milligan represented Scotland in eleven Women's Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 2006. Since 2008 she has played for New Zealand in this competition,[6] having transferred national federations in 2007.[7]

Milligan became Oceania women's champion at the Queenstown Chess Classic tournament in January 2012.[8] She also competed in Women's Zonal Chess Championships in Bath 1987, Blackpool 1990, Delden 1993, Saint Vincent 1999, and Gold Coast 2009.[citation needed]

She won the Asian senior women's champion title in 2015 in Larestan, Iran,[9] 2016 in Mandalay, Myanmar[10] and 2017 in Auckland.[11]

## Notable games[edit]

* Diane Savereide vs Helen Milligan, Thessaloniki Olympiad (women) 1988, Russian Game: Classical, (C42), 0-1
* Helen Milligan vs Dana Reizniece, European Team Ch (women) 2001, Sicilian Defence: Old Sicilian, (B32), 1-0
* Subbaraman Meenakshi vs Helen Milligan, Gibraltar Masters 2004, Queen's Indian Defence, (E12), 0-1
* Helen Milligan vs Anthony Ker, Queenstown Classic 2012, Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, (B08), 1-0

## References[edit]

1. ^ Helen Milligan FIDE rating history, 1983-2001 at OlimpBase.org
2. ^ Chandler, Murray; Milligan, Helen (2004). Chess for Children. Gambit Publications. ISBN 978-1904600060.
3. ^ "The pulsation of Delta Scuti stars". St Andrews University Library.
4. ^ Scottish Women's Champions. Chess Scotland.
5. ^ British Chess Champions. BritBase.
6. ^ Helen Milligan team chess record at Olimpbase.org
7. ^ Player transfers in 2007. FIDE.
8. ^ 2012 Queenstown Chess Classic Archived 4 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. New Zealand Chess.
9. ^ "Mahmood & Khan Wins 6th Asian Seniors Chess Championship in Larestan,Iran". Asian Chess Federation. 2015-10-04.
10. ^ Priyadarshan Banjan (2015-12-09). "Wazeer Ahmad Khan is Asian 65+ Champion". ChessBase India.
11. ^ "GM Eugene Torre, IM Mahmood Lodhi Win Asian Seniors". FIDE. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

## External links[edit]

* Helen Milligan rating card at FIDE
* Helen Milligan chess games at 365Chess.com
* Helen Milligan player profile and games at Chessgames.com

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