Marion Mott-McGrath

Marion Mott-McGrath (born 6 February 1940), née McGrath, is an Australian chess player. She is a four-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1969, 1976, 1980).

Marion Mott-McGrath
Country	Australia
Born	(1940-02-06) 6 February 1940 (age 85)
Peak rating	2020 (January 1987)

Biography

From the 1960s to the 1980s Marion Mott-McGrath was one of the leading Australian women's chess players. Marion Mott-McGrath is an Australian chess player, who most often won Australian Women's Chess Championships. In 1966, she first time won Australian Women's Chess Championship, but in 1980 Marion Mott-McGrath is repeated this success in fourth time. In 1967, she became first Australian to qualify to participate in the Women's World Chess Championship Candidates Tournament in Subotica and she finished in the 16th place.^[1]

Marion Mott-McGrath played for Australia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 1972, at second board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =3, -3),
• In 1976, at first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+1, =3, -5),
• In 1978, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+4, =3, -4),
• In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+2, =6, -3),
• In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =2, -5),
• In 1986, at first reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+2, =4, -3).