Gertrude Wagner

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Gertrude Wagner, Linz 1982

Gertrud Irmgard Magdalena Wagner (born June 26, 1925 in Graz ; † October 25, 2009 there ) was an international chess referee and played a major role in international chess. From 1986 to 1998 she was President of Zone 2 of the International Chess Federation ( FIDE ). Zone 2 of FIDE was formed at the FIDE Congress during the 1986 Chess Olympiad in Dubai from Germany , Liechtenstein , Austria , Switzerland and, for political reasons, also from Israel . H. Israel was assigned to Central Europe.

Life

Gertrud Wagner was born as Gertrud Irmgard Magdalena Stein on June 26, 1925 in Graz. The parents were Ferdinand Josef and Anna Stein. After school she trained as a salesperson at the Palmers company . During the war she was drafted into the employment office in Graz. On April 23, 1949, she married Karl Wagner (* January 7, 1923 in Graz; † March 6, 1993 in Graz). Their son Peter was born on September 8, 1956 and their daughter Elisabeth on March 3, 1958. Gertrud Wagner died on October 25, 2009 in Graz.

Active player

Gertrude Wagner, Rio interzonal tournaments 1979

She did not learn to play chess until 1947, but became Austrian national champion in 1951 . The tournament was held in Vienna from June 11th to 15th. In the following years Gertrud Wagner (affectionately known as Gertrude or Gerti) went on several tours with the Arland chess club.

Functionary activity

Karpow - Kortschnoi, 1981 in Meran

After several years of voluntary work at the Styrian regional association, she was elected national game director of the Austrian Chess Federation in 1971 . A steep ascent began. As early as 1972 she won the title of "International Referee" of the World Chess Federation. This made her and her husband Karl the only married couple in the world with this name.

Great knowledge and confident behavior as a referee were the basis of her success. In 1975 she became famous as a referee at the Pula Chess Festival ( Yugoslavia ) - with 280 teams from 8 nations. In 1976 she was also a referee at the international grandmaster tournament in Kapfenberg .

Together with her husband Karl, she founded the Mitropacup in 1976 , which she ran herself for years.

Gertrud Wagner headed the women's zone tournament in Tel Aviv in 1979, the zone tournament in Graz in 1993 and the women's zone tournament at the same location, and in 1979 the women's interzonal tournament in Rio de Janeiro . The referees at the 1979 men's interzonal tournament in Rio were Harry Golombek and Gertrude Wagner.

In 1980 it was as a referee at the quarter-final match of the candidates tournament for the World Cup 1981 between Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian in Velden used. A competition that was rated as extremely difficult to conduct in advance, as the two players, Petrosyan, the former world champion and Korchnoi, who had since left the Soviet Union as a dissident and was considered stateless, was conducted for the fourth time in a row Candidate cycle for the World Cup met, no longer spoke to each other. While in 1983 the eliminations Hübner - Smyslow and Kortschnoi- Portisch took place in Velden, Gertrude Wagner led the quarter-final match of the women's candidates' tournament for the 1984 women's world chess championship between Liu Shilan and Nana Iosseliani .

Another highlight of her referee career was the 1981 world championship match between Anatoli Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Merano with chief referee Paul Klein from Ecuador . Karpov remained world champion at the time.

Gertrude Wagner was a referee at the Chess Olympiads in Malta in 1980 , in Lucerne in 1982 , in Thessaloniki in 1984 , in Dubai in 1986 , in Novi Sad in 1990 and in Moscow in 1994 . In 1998 she headed the Senior World Championship in Grieskirchen .

Gertrude Wagner was a member of the FIDE rules committee from 1978.
In 1982 she was appointed to the qualification committee of the World Chess Federation.

Awards

Citizen of the City of Graz (1996)
  • 1970: Gold medal of the Styrian regional association of the Austrian Chess Federation
  • 1977: Gold medal from the Styrian Regional Association of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union
  • 1981: Medal of honor in gold from the Austrian Chess Federation
  • 1981: Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria
  • 1985: Decoration of honor in gold from the city of Graz
  • 1987: Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria
  • 1987: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 1990: Medal of honor in gold from the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union
  • 1996: Appointed citizen of the city of Graz
  • 1998: Honorary member of the General Assembly of the World Chess Federation FIDE
  • 1998: Honorary membership in FIDE
  • 1999: Great Gold Medal of Honor from the Styrian Regional Association of the Austrian Chess Federation
  • 1999: Landessport Ehrenzeichen of the State of Styria in gold
  • 1999: Entry in the Golden Book of the World Chess Federation FIDE
  • 2001: Honorary membership of the Austrian Chess Federation

Gertrud-Wagner-Allee in Graz was named after her posthumously in 2013.

literature

  • Chess in Austria - yesterday this morning . 3rd, exp. Edition. Austrian Chess Federation, Schach-Aktiv, Graz 2010, DNB 1030580332
  • PATH. A street is to be named after the Graz chess icon and pioneer Gertrude Wagner . 14 of Graz, October 6, 2013.

Web links

Commons : Gertrude Wagner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002. Euroadria, Slovenia 2002, p. 13.
  2. ↑ Kurt Jungwirth : Light and Shadow in Dubai. In: Active Chess . 1/1987, p. 3 (report on FIDE Congress and ECU)
  3. ^ Certificate of International Arbitrator for Gertrude Wagner , issued by FIDE in 1972.
  4. ↑ International arbitrators in Austria . Chess in Austria - yesterday this morning, 3rd exp. Edition. Austrian Chess Federation Graz 2010, p. 57 (tribute and picture of the couple)
  5. ^ Gertrude Wagner: Chess Festival 1975 in Pula , handwritten notes
  6. ^ Gertrude Wagner as referee at the 1976 international tournament in Kapfenberg , report and table
  7. ^ Cross table of the 1993 zone tournament in Graz , document from the referee Gertrude Wagner.
  8. ^ H. Benesch: On the way to the World Cup 1980 - Interzonal tournament in Rio . Schach Aktiv 11/1979, p. 239 (report and cross table)
  9. ↑ VELDEN: Viktor Korchnoj - Tigran Petrosyan . Schach Aktiv 3/1980, (report)
  10. ↑ After 7: 7 the ball decided for Smyslow. Korchnoi won over Portisch 6: 3 . Schach Aktiv 5/1983 (reports, pictures)
  11. ↑ http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=40133 in English
  12. ↑ 8th World Championship for Seniors 1998 in Grieskirchen on TeleSchach
  13. ↑ Gerti Wagner appointed to the FIDE rules committee in 1978 Document from Gertrude Wagner's estate
  14. ↑ Gold Medal of Honor from the Styrian Regional Association of the Austrian Chess Federation, 1970 Document from the estate of Gertrude Wagner
  15. ↑ Gold Medal of Honor from the Styrian Regional Association of the Austrian Gymnastics and Sports Union, 1977 Document from Gertrude Wagner's estate
  16. ^ Decoration of honor in gold of the Austrian Chess Federation Document from the estate of Gertrude Wagner
  17. ^ Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria, 1981 Document from the estate of Gertrude Wagner
  18. ↑ Gold Medal of the State Capital Graz, 1985 Document from the estate of Gertrude Wagner
  19. ↑ Gold Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria , certificate awarded to Gertrude Wagner. Presidential Office, July 1987.
  20. ^ Decoration of Honor in Gold of the Republic of Austria , letter from First Deputy Governor Hans Gross to Gertrude Wagner, December 7, 1987.
  21. ↑ Honorary member of the General Assembly of the World Chess Federation FIDE , signed by Kirsan Ilyumschinow on December 1, 1998.
  22. ↑ Honorary members of FIDE on FIDE (English)
  23. ↑ Entry in the Golden Book of the World Chess Federation FIDE , drawn by Kirsan Ilyumschinow on November 20, 1999.
  24. ^ Honorary membership of the Austrian Chess Federation for Gertrude Wagner , letter from President Kurt Jungwirth, Graz January 5, 2001.
  25. ↑ Street sign of Gertrude-Wagner-Allee in Graz on TeleSchach
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Gertrude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Gertrud; Stein, Gertrud Irmgard Magdalena (maiden name); Wagner, Gertrud Irmgard Magdalena (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chess referee, international chess referee
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2009
Place of death Graz , Austria