Age beats the chess champ

Kentish Independent – Friday 24 August 1962

At her home in 192 Courtlands Avenue, Lee, recently, pretty nineteen-year-old Verina Horsnell was packing prior to its return, the cup which she has won for two consecutive years as British Girls’ Chess Champion.

Verina is unable to attempt the “hat-trick” this year as she is over the age limit of eighteen.

She returned the cup to the British Chess Federation for the contest which was held during the Annual Congress at Whitby, Yorks, this week. Verina is a physics student at the Woolwich Polytechnic. “Κ.Ι.” Photo No. G/K 3063.