Erika Belle (chess player) Erika Belle (chess player) Erika Belle (born 20 January 1956) is a Dutch chess player who hold the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1982). She was a three-time winner of the Dutch Women's Chess Championship (1975, 1980, 1981). From mid-1970s to mid-1980s, Erika Belle was one of the leading Dutch women's chess players. She three time won Dutch Women's Chess Championships: 1975, 1980, 1981. Participant of many international chess tournaments. In 1979, she shared with Gertrude Baumstark 2nd place in Women's International Chess tournament in Nałęczów (tournament won Tünde Csonkics). In 1981, she ranked 2nd behind Nieves García Vicente
White and Black in chess with an extra tempo. As late as the mid-to-late 19th century, the practice of White moving first had not yet become standard. George Walker in his popular treatise "The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess" (4th edition 1846), set forth the rules of London's St. George's Chess Club promulgated in June, 1841. "Law III" provided that the player who moved first had the choice of color; if the players played more games at the same sitting, the first move would alternate, but each player would continue to use the same colored pieces as he had