Carla Wettstein Explained

Carla Wettstein
Country:	Switzerland Australia
Peakrating:	1296 (February 2020)
Fideid:	3207269

Carla Wettstein (born 1946) is a Swiss and Australian chess player who two times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship (1972, 1975). Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze medalist (1976).

Biography

In the 1970s Carla Wettstein was one of the leading Swiss women's chess players. She two times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship: 1972 and 1975. In 1973, in Wijk aan Zee Carla Wettstein participated in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship European Zonal Tournament.^[1]

Carla Wettstein played for Switzerland in the Women's Chess Olympiad:^[2]

• In 1976, at third board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+5, =3, -2) and won individual bronze medal.

Carla Wettstein later moved to Australia and rarely played in chess tournaments.

Notes and References

1. Web site: OlimpBase :: European zonal 1 :: Wijk aan Zee 1973. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.
2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Carla Wettstein. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.