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{{short description|Irish chess player}}
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'''Elizabeth Shaughnessy''' (born 1937) is an [[Ireland|Irish]]-American [[chess]] player and trainer who has regularly represented the national team at the [[Chess Olympiad]]. She has lived in [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]], [[United States]] for more than 30 years.

By profession, she is a trained [[architect]], having completed a 6-year course at the [[National University of Ireland]], University College Dublin. For several years she practiced architecture in [[Belgrade]], [[London]] and [[Dublin]], before marrying and moving to California.

Shaughnessy, a former Irish Women's Chess Champion, runs the [[Berkeley Chess School]] which teaches chess in schools throughout the Bay Area and holds chess camps in the summer. She was twice elected to the Berkeley [[Board of education|School Board]] and is a pioneer in chess activism in California State Curriculum.

==References==
*[http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/fame/index.htm California Chess Hall of Fame bio]

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