Elisabeth Cuypers Explained

Elisabeth Cuypers
Country:	Belgium
Birth Date:	unknown
Death Date:	unknown

Elisabeth Cuypers (unknown – unknown) was a Belgian chess player, Belgian Women's Chess Championship four-times winner.

Biography

From the early 1940s to the end of 1960s, Elisabeth Cuypers was one of the leading chess players in the Belgium. Four times she won the Belgian Women's Chess Championships: 1941, 1943, 1945^[1] and 1968. Also Elisabeth Cuypers won silver (1951^[2]) un bronze (1962^[3]) medals in this tournament.

Elisabeth Cuypers played for Belgium in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[4]

• In 1957, at first board in the 1st Chess Olympiad (women) in Emmen (+1, =0, -10),
• In 1963, at second board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+2, =1, -5).

External links

• • Elisabeth Cuypers chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian women’s championship, Antwerp.
2. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian women’s championship, Antwerp.
3. Web site: Belgian Chess History » Belgian women’s championship, Moerbeke.
4. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Elisabeth Cuypers. www.olimpbase.org.