Gertrude Baumstark Explained

Gertrude Baumstark
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Birth Date:21 May 1941
Birth Place:Timișoara, Romania
Death Place:Munich, Germany
Woman International Master (1970)
Peakrating:2245 (January 1990)
Fideid:1201522

Gertrude Baumstark (21 May 1941 - 28 April 2020[1]), was a Romanian and German chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1970). She is a two-time winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship (1967, 1981).

Biography

From the mid-1960s, Gertrude Baumstark was one of the leading Romanian women's chess players. In Romanian Women's Chess Championships have won the nine medals: two gold (1967, 1981), six silver (1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1986) and bronze (1968).[2] Participant of many international women's chess tournaments, achieved best results in Lublin (1969, shared 1st-2nd place), Pernik (1973, shared 1st-4th place), Lublin (1974, 1st place), Subotica (1974, shared 2nd-3rd place), Nałęczów (1978, shared 1st-2nd place). In 1970, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Gertrude Baumstark four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

Gertrude Baumstark played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[7]

Since 2004, Gertrude Baumstark represented Germany in international chess tournaments.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zum Tode von Gertrude Baumstark. ChessBase. 2020-06-10. Ulla Münch. 2020-06-10.
  2. Web site: Federaţia Română de Şah: Prezentare. Zidaru. Nicolae. www.frsah.ro. 2018-02-08. 2018-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180317041642/http://www.frsah.ro/prezentare.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: 1971 Ohrid Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. Web site: 1973 Menorca Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  5. Web site: 1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  6. Web site: 1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  7. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gertrude Baumstark. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.
  8. Web site: FIDE Player transfers. Administrator. ratings.fide.com.