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]
- In 1969, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+2, =2, -4),
- In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =2, -1) and won the team silver medal,
- In 1974, at second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in Medellín (+7, =4, -2) and won the team silver medal,
- In 1978, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+8, =4, -1) and won the individual silver medal,
- In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+2, =1, -2).
Since 2004, Gertrude Baumstark represented Germany in international chess tournaments.[8]
Notes and References
- Web site: Zum Tode von Gertrude Baumstark. ChessBase. 2020-06-10. Ulla Münch. 2020-06-10.
- 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.
- Web site: 1971 Ohrid Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
- Web site: 1973 Menorca Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
- Web site: 1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
- Web site: 1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
- Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gertrude Baumstark. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.
- Web site: FIDE Player transfers. Administrator. ratings.fide.com.