Chantal Chaudé de Silans

Chantal Chaudé de Silans (9 March 1919, Versailles – 6 September 2001, Grasse)[1] was a French chess player and Woman International Master.

Silans represented France at the Moscow tournament, which had to decide who would succeed Vera Menchik as the woman World Champion.

[5] She was part of the national French team at the 9th Chess Olympiad held in Dubrovnik in 1950, becoming the first woman ever to participate in this competition.

[7] In 1970, shortly after the demise of Jeanne Le Bey-Taillis, she became the President of the Paris Caïssa chess club.

She voluntarily managed it for more than thirty years; meanwhile, the club produced several young talents who would later become strong grandmasters, such as Olivier Renet, Eloi Relange, Manuel Apicella, Igor Nataf and Joël Lautier.