# Melanie Buckley

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{{short description|English chess player (born 1982)}}
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{{Infobox chess player
| name = Melanie Buckley
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| country = [England](/source/England)
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|31|df=yes}}
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| peakrating = 2184 (July 2002)
| FideID = 406430
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'''Melanie H. Buckley''' (born 31 July 1982) is an [English](/source/England) [chess](/source/chess) player, [British Women's Chess Championship](/source/British_Chess_Championship) winner (2001).

==Biography==
In 1996, Melanie Buckley won British Girl's Chess Championship in U15 age group. In 2001, in [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough%2C_North_Yorkshire) she won [British Women's Chess Championship](/source/British_Chess_Championship).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/britchamps.html|title=John Saunders's Chess Pages: British Chess Champions, 1904 to present|website=www.saund.co.uk}}</ref>

Melanie Buckley played for England in the [Women's Chess Olympiad](/source/Women's_Chess_Olympiad):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/i0siewog.html|title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melanie Buckley|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
* In 2004, at first reserve board in the [36th Chess Olympiad (women)](/source/36th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Calvià](/source/Calvi%C3%A0) (+2, =2, -1).

Since 2007, she has rarely participated in chess tournaments.

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{chessgames player|id=48995}}
*[https://www.365chess.com/players/Melanie_Buckley Melanie Buckley] chess games at 365Chess.com

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Category:1982 births
Category:English female chess players
Category:21st-century British chess players
Category:English chess players
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century English sportswomen

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