Susan Lalic

{{short description|English chess player (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Susan Lalic |image = Lalic susan bcc2011.jpg |caption = Lalic at Sheffield, 2011 |birthname = Susan Kathryn Walker |country = England |birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1965|10|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Chatham, Kent, England |death_date = |death_place = |title = International Master (1996)<br /> Woman Grandmaster (1989) |peakrating = 2405 (January 1997)<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player/Arkell,%20Susan.html Arkell, Susan] FIDE rating history, 1987-2001 at OlimpBase.org</ref> |FideID = 401510 |spouse = {{marriage|Keith Arkell|1986|1993|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Bogdan Lalić|end=div}}<br>{{marriage|Graeme Buckley|2000}} | family = Victoria Walker (niece) }}

'''Susan Kathryn Lalic''' ({{née|'''Walker'''}}; born 28 October 1965) is an English chess player, holding both International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles. She is five-time British Women's Chess Champion: 1986, 1990–1992, and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=5996|title=London Chess Classic 2009: Subsidiary events|first=John|last=Saunders|author-link=John Saunders (chess player)|date=19 December 2009|access-date=11 August 2010|publisher=Chessbase News|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204165644/http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint.asp?newsid=5996|archive-date=4 December 2010}}</ref>

==Personal life== Lalic is the aunt of musician PinkPantheress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brocklehurst |first=Harrison |date=2025-07-04 |title=It's in her blood! Explaining the crazy story behind PinkPantheress' viral chess picture |url=https://thetab.com/2025/07/04/its-in-her-blood-explaining-the-crazy-story-behind-pinkpantheress-viral-chess-picture |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=The Tab |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career== Lalic has played for England nine times in Chess Olympiads, from 1984 to 2000, inclusive. From 1986 to 1998, she played on the top board.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bartelski|first=Wojciech|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/3p1j7jbc.html|title=Women's Chess Olympiads: Susan Lalic|publisher=OlimpBase|accessdate=11 August 2010}}</ref>

She was the Fifth Women's Commonwealth Champion in 1987, the contest having been incorporated into the Lloyd's Bank Congress of that year.<ref>Chess Magazine, January 1988, p. 338</ref>

Lalic was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls from 1977 to 1984, and was married to Keith Arkell and then to Bogdan Lalić. Currently she is married to International Master Graeme Buckley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5996|title=London: Arianne wins Women's Invitational by two points|last=Saunders|first=John|date=2009-12-19|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=31 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pepper|first=James|title=Sutton chess Grandmaster Susan Lalic sees Ashtead prodigy Alex Golding scoop £1000 prize|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/epsomnews/9908540.Chess_Grandmaster_sees_8_year_old_prodigy_scoop___1000/|publisher=Your Local Guardian|accessdate=31 January 2016|date=2012-09-04}}</ref>

==See also== * List of female chess players

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Fide|name=Susan K Lalic}} *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Susan_Lalic Susan Lalic] chess games at 365Chess.com *[http://www.365chess.com/players/Susan_Walker Susan Walker] chess games at 365Chess.com *{{chessgames player|id=17197|name=Susan Arkell Lalic}}

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