Catherine Thürig Explained

Catherine Thürig
Country:Switzerland
Peakrating:2120 (January 1996)
Fideid:1304062

Catherine Thürig (born 1958) is a Swiss chess player, Swiss Women's Chess Championship winner (1998).

Chess career

In the first half of the 1990s, Catherine Thürig was one of the strongest Swiss chess female players. She has competed many times in the individual finals of the Swiss Women's Chess Championships and won gold medal in 1998 in Engelberg.[1] She is a member of the Olten chess club.

Catherine Thürig played for Switzerland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

Catherine Thürig played for Switzerland in the European Women's Team Chess Championships:[3]

In 2017 she was president of the organizing committee for the national chess tournament in Olten.[4]

Catherine Thürig is IT manager for the municipality of Wallisellen.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.swisschess.ch/damen.html Ehrentafel Damen
  2. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Catherine Thürig. www.olimpbase.org.
  3. Web site: OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Catherine Thürig. www.olimpbase.org.
  4. http://www.noz.ch/olten/detail/article/ein-turnier-mit-einer-prise-wahnsinn-00110800/ Ein Turnier mit einer Prise Wahnsinn (Neue Oltner Zeitung, 26. April 2017)
  5. http://www.wallisellen.ch/de/polver/verwaltung/personenregister/welcome.php?personen_id=6432 Gemeinde Wallisellen: Catherine Thürig