Gertrude Baumstark

Gertrude Baumstark
Gertrude Baumstark
	Gertrude Baumstarka (close-up) in 1980
Country	Romania ; Germany
Born	May 21, 1941; Timișoara, Romania
Title	Woman International Master (1970)

Gertrude Baumstark (born 21 May 1941), is 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)[1]. 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 International Women Master (WIM) title.

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

In 1971, at Interzonal Tournament in Ohrid shared 16th-17th place[2];
In 1973, at Interzonal Tournament in Menorca has taken 12th place[3];
In 1976, at Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi shared 7th-8th place[4];
In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 9th-10th place[5].

Gertrude Baumstark played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

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[7].

gollark: Or just kill them.

gollark: Yes, stun will occasionally work as freeze, brilliant.

gollark: They can also randomly send to someone else's scroll, displacing stuff if there's not room.

gollark: Plus Earthquake affects *everyone's* scroll, obviously.

gollark: And which reduce their time left, right, so they can die faster?

References

Nicolae, Zidaru. "Federaţia Română de Şah: Prezentare". www.frsah.ro.
"1971 Ohrid Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1973 Menorca Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gertrude Baumstark". www.olimpbase.org.
Administrator. "FIDE Player transfers". ratings.fide.com.

External links

Gertrude Baumstark player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Gertrude Baumstark chess games at 365Chess.com

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[1] Nicolae, Zidaru. "Federaţia Română de Şah: Prezentare". www.frsah.ro.

[2] "1971 Ohrid Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.

[3] "1973 Menorca Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.

[4] "1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.

[5] "1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.

[6] Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gertrude Baumstark". www.olimpbase.org.

[7] Administrator. "FIDE Player transfers". ratings.fide.com.