Mária Grosch
Mária Grosch (born 3 August 1954) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1984).
| Mária Grosch | |
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 Mária Grosch in 1982 | |
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| Born | 3 August 1954 |
| Title | Woman International Master (1984) |
Biography
From the late 1970s to the middle of the 1980s, Mária 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, Mária 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 International Women Master (WIM) title. In 1987, she participated in the World Chess Women's Championship Zonal tournament.
Mária Grosch played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]
- In 1986, at first reserve board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+2, =1, -2) and won the team a silver medal.
In 1989, she finished her professional chess player career. Mária Grosch is married to grandmaster Zoltán Ribli.[2]
References
- Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mária Grosch". www.olimpbase.org.
- Relatives of Chessplayers
External links
- Mária Grosch player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Mária Grosch chess games at 365Chess.com