Chess queen has all the right moves
Published Date: 05 June 2008
By Jane Cartledge
Chess champ Evie Hollingsworth might only be 13 but she’s becoming Queen of the game.
Jane Cartledge met Evie and mum Jenny ahead of major competitions abroad
EVIE Hollingsworth is a grand master when it comes to organisation.
But the 13-year-old Sheffield schoolgirl has to be. Like many teenagers Evie juggles a busy school-life with after school clubs and sports sessions.
She also represents Yorkshire and England at chess and thinks nothing of taking on men who have spent a lifetime mastering the intellectual game.
Evie didn’t know a pawn from a rook five years ago when she went for tea at schoolfriend’s house.
“Her friend played chess so he taught her how to play and then she joined the school chess club,” explains Jenny, a single mum to three kids.
“I’ve never played chess and I’ll admit I didn’t know the first thing about it. Evie started quite late at the age of eight because a lot of the children her age started playing with their dads aged four or five.
“Evie, a chatty and articulate Silverdale pupil, quickly made up for lost time and hasn’t stopped winning since.
Her chess tutor says she has a natural ability and the English Chess Federation, the country’s governing body, has invited her to take part in a number of top tournaments.
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