Background
Bellin was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Bellin was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
She was awarded the Woman International Master chess title in 1969 and the Woman Grandmaster title in 1982. She has fifteen appearances in the Women"s Chess Olympiads, representing Czechoslovakia in 1966 and 1969 and England thirteen times from 1972 through 2006, seven times on first board. Bellin is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthetics, and works in intensive care at Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich, England.
She is also Chairman of the FIDE Medical Commission, which supervises drug testing of chess players.
Bellin was married first to International Master William Hartston, then to Grandmaster Tony Miles, and after that to International Master Robert Bellin. She and Bellin have two sons: Robert (born 1988) and Christopher (born 1991).
She is the granddaughter of the thrice Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, January Malypetr.