Mária Grosch Explained

Mária Grosch
Birth Date:3 August 1954
Woman International Master (1984)
Peakrating:2220 (January 1987)
Fideid:704431

Mária Grosch (born 3 August 1954) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1984).

Biography

From the late 1970s to the middle of the 1980s, Grosch was one of Hungary's leading women chess players. She won the three bronze medals in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championships (1978, 1979, 1981). In 1986, she shared the first place in the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship, but lost Mária Ivánka an additional match for the title. In 1982, Grosch shared the 3rd place in the International Women's Chess tournament in Dortmund, but in 1985 she took fourth place in the Budapest International Women's Chess tournament. In 1984, Mária Grosch was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 1987, she participated in the World Chess Women's Championship Zonal tournament.

Grosch played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]

In 1989, she finished her professional chess player career. Grosch is married to grandmaster Zoltán Ribli.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mária Grosch . Wojciech . Bartelski . OlimpBase.org . 6 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Relatives and Spouses of Chess Masters . Bill . Wall . https://web.archive.org/web/20091022140030/http://geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/relative.htm . 22 October 2009 . 6 February 2018.