Nancy Conchar Gordon was born on May 25th 1915 in Kirmabreck, Scotland. In the 1939 she was living in Manchester, England with a married couple. Her occupation was given as a music and physical training teacher.
In the mid-1940s she relocated from Manchester to Dundee, Scotland where she continued teaching at Dundee High School as a music teacher.
She and her brother started playing chess during their school days and the two of them were self taught. During her time in Dundee she became a member of Dundee Chess Club.
In 1950 she was married and she eventually had a daughter, Christine, who also played as a junior and won a few prizes.
While a member of the Dundee club she took lessons from one of the club's players well into the 1950s.
During her time there she coached students and some of the girls went on to success.
One of her students, Sandy Davie won the Scottish Ladies' Championship three times and Margaret Forwell, Rosie Giulian and Lynne Morrison also won the Scottish Ladies' Championship.
She was also involved in organization and promotional endeavors wit the club. It was under her organization that the school's chess leagues were formed and on 1967 she assisted in organizing the Dundee International Centenary Tournament.
She represented Scotland five times in the Olympiads: Yugoslavia in 1963 and 1973, Israel in 1976, Buenos Aires in 1978 and Malta in 1980. She turned down the chance to take part on three other occasions.
She retired from the music department of Dundee High School in 1980 where she taught the oboe, but continued to give private lessons.
Mrs. Elder set off for a long holiday in which she planned to spend with relatives and friends when she suffered a heart attack on a plane from Singapore and ended up in intensive care in Perth, Australia. She passed away in Perth at the age of 65 on March 4, 1981.
Carlos Salazar–Nancy Elder1–0B50Olympiad, Valetta1980Stockfish 14.1
Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.c3 The Delayed Alapin (2.c3). It's
interesting to note that these days engines have demonstrated that just about
all openings are playable if you work out the ideas and best lines. g6
With this seldom seen move black sets up a Dragon formation. 4.d4 cxd4 5.xd4 This unusual recapture has not worked out very well for white. 5.cxd4 This is almost always played. d5 6.e5 g4 7.e2 c6 8.0-0 g7 9.e3
Ascic,P (2387)-Saric,A (2489)/Zadar 2006 5.xd4 Statistically this rare
move gives white good results. Black should now play 5...Nf6. In the following
gme there was an immediate double blunder. e5 6.d1 A surprising mistake
for a 2300 rated player! 6.xe5 gives white an excellent position. g7 6...dxe5 7.xe5+ picks up the R. 7.a4+ d7 8.xd7 xd7 9.f4 6...f6 7.g5 h6 8.h4 g5 9.g3 b6 10.c2 e6 Equal. Tovio,I (2303)-Turizo
Correa,E (2034)/Cartagena 2014 5...g7 6.e3 f6 7.d2 0-0 8.e2 a6 9.a4 c6 10.0-0 c7 11.f4 d7 12.f5 Premature. Solid was 12.Bf3 e5 12...d5
was more vigorous. 13.fxg6 hxg6 14.f3 e5 and black stands well. 13.b3 ac8 14.g5 c5 15.f4 c6 16.c4 xd4 17.cxd4 17.xd4 is much
worse as after xd4+ 18.cxd4 c2 black has a practically winning position. 17...b6 18.d3 h6 Taking the b-Pawn was a perfectly good alternative. 19.c4 a7 Not bad, but 19...Rc4 leads to a huge advantage. 19...xc4 20.xf6 xa4 21.xa4 xf6 22.a2 g5 23.f1 b5 24.c2 24.d2 xd4+ 25.xd4 xd4+ 26.h1 xe2 24...xd4+ with an excellent game. 20.xf6 xf6 21.e5
This loses the game. White has overlooked that the d-Pawn is pinned and can't
recapture. Best was 21.Rd1 but black would have the more active position. 21.d1 g5 22.g4 xa4 23.b3 xc4 24.xc4 b5 25.c2 xd4+ 26.h1 e5
with an unclear position in which black has the better chances. 21...dxe5 22.g4 g7 22...h5 23.g3 e4 24.xe4 xd4+ 25.xd4 xd4+ 26.h1 xf5
and white's position is hopeless. 23.f1 g5 24.h4 24.e3 White is no
better off after this. exd4 25.d5 xa4 26.xf6 exf6 27.xd4 xd4+ 28.xd4 c6 24...exd4 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.f3 g8 27.a5 The N reaching b6 hoping to
block the Q is too little, too late. c5 27...xc4 An even harder blow than
27... Qc5 28.xc4 d3+ 29.f2 b5 30.b4 dxe2 31.d2 31.e1 d8 31...h8 32.e4 h1+ 33.xh1 xf2 28.b3 b5 29.f2 xc4 30.bxc4 xa5 31.a3 xa3 32.xa3 c5 33.d3 gc8 33...gc8 34.g3 b5 35.cxb5 axb5 36.a5 b4 37.xc5 xc5 with an easily won ending. 1–0
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