{{short description|English chess player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox chess player | image = | caption = | country = England | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|5|3}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | title = Woman International Master (1996) | peakrating = 2310 (July 1999) | FideID = 404292 }} '''Ruth Sheldon''' (born 3 May 1980) is an English chess player.
She won the Under-14 Girls' World Youth Chess Championship in 1993,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1993-08-01 |title=Chess: Manchester Ruth defeats the girls |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/chess-manchester-ruth-defeats-the-girls-1458709.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> and the Under-18 Championship in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Svensen (TarjeiJS) |first=Tarjei J. |date=2023-10-25 |title=8-Year-Old Makes Chess History: England's First World Youth Champion in 25 Years |url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/8-year-old-bodhana-scores-historic-triple-world-championship-title |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Chess.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
She played in the England women's team which won the bronze medal in the European Team Chess Championship in 1997, and took part in the 32nd Chess Olympiad.
She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Kent, and is a lecturer in religion and social science at King's College London.<ref>[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/ruth-sheldon Dr Ruth Sheldon], King's College London</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=14286 chess games entry]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheldon, Ruth}} Category:English female chess players Category:21st-century British chess players Category:English chess players Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:World Youth Chess Champions Category:Chess Woman International Masters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:Alumni of the University of Kent Category:Academics of King's College London Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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