Anni Laakmann

Anni Laakmann (1978)
Association	Germany
Born	January 5, 1937 Ossenberg , German Empire
title	FIDE Women's Champion (1983)
Current  Elo rating	2185 (October 2019)
Best Elo rating	2185 (since January 1987)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Anni Laakmann (born January 5, 1937 in Ossenberg ) is a German chess champion and has been FIDE women 's champion since 1983 .

Life

Anni Laakmann, chef by trade, was employed by the Stuttgart trams .

It was only at the age of 29 that she learned to play chess, doing self-study from books. In 1970 she became champion of Württemberg-Hohenzollern and in the same year she won the German women's championship. In total, Anni Laakmann won the German Women's Championships four times in a row , namely in 1970 in Lauterbach (Hesse) , 1972 in Burg (Dithmarschen) , 1974 in Kassel and 1976 in Brilon .

She is a member of Mönchfelder SV 1967. Laakmann is listed as inactive at FIDE because she has not played an Elo rated game since 1984 .

Gisela Fischdick and Anni Laakmann, 1980 Chess Olympiad in Valletta

International success

Individual tournaments

At the women's zone tournament in Wijk aan Zee in 1973 , which Jana Hartston won, Anni Laakmann was sixth out of 18 participants. She won against Corry Vreeken , among others .

1977 in Bad Kissingen she took third place behind Marta Litinskaja and Gisela Fischdick at the 1st International German Women's Championship .

Team tournaments

Dominik. Republic - Germany (Anni Laakmann, Barbara Hund , Gisela Fischdick) Chess Olympiad 1980 in Valletta

She took part in the women's chess Olympiad six times for the FRG team, from the 1972 Chess Olympiad in Skopje to the 1982 Chess Olympiad in Lucerne .

At the 1978 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires , she won the bronze medal with the German team. She received an individual gold medal for the best result on the women's board at the Nordic Chess Cup in 1973.

Works

• Schuster, Theo ; Laakmann, Anni: Chess for young people . Schach bei Franckh, Stuttgart 1981, 118 pages, ISBN 3-440-05007-6 .

swell

• Meyer's chess dictionary. Meyers Lexikonverlag, 1993, p. 165, ISBN 3-411-08811-7 .
• Klaus Lindörfer: Large chess dictionary. Mosaik Verlag, 3rd edition 1984, pp. 147 and 148 (picture), ISBN 84-499-8080-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 25th German women's championship 1978 in Delecke am Möhnesee on TeleSchach
2. ^ German championships for women on TeleSchess
3. ^ DWZ index card for Anni Laakmann
4. ↑ Deutsche Schachblätter, March 1973, p. 57 (final score, Laakmann game).
5. ↑ 1st International German Women's Championship 1977 in Bad Kissingen on TeleSchess
6. ↑ Anni Laakmann's results at the women's chess Olympiad on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Anni Laakmann's results at Nordic Chess Cups on olimpbase.org

Web links

Commons : Anni Laakmann  - Collection of Images

• Replayable chess games by Anni Laakmann on 365Chess.com (English)