Iris May
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| Iris Mai in the women's Bundesliga 2011/12 |
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 Germany
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| Born | September 17, 1962 Halle (Saale) , German Democratic Republic |
| title | International Women's Champion (1986) |
| Current Elo rating | 2021 (April 2020) |
| Best Elo rating | 2225 (January and July 1987) |
| Tab at the FIDE (English) | |
Iris Mai (born Iris Bröder , born September 17, 1962 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German chess player . In 1986 she was named International Women's Champion by FIDE .
chess
Iris Bröder began her chess career in the BSG Buna Halle and took part in a GDR women's championship for the first time in 1978 in Torgelow at the age of 15 . Petra Feustel won this championship.
In 1977 and 1980 she became the GDR girl champion . Her coach was Uwe Bönsch . Their game against men and compensation sports were important. In 1981 she won the gold sports badge . She was also interested in good literature and music. In July 1986, she won the women's tournament in Nałęczów, Poland , thus achieving her third WIM standard. She then received the title of International Women's Champion from FIDE .
Individual championships for women
After the championship in 1978 she was third in Suhl in 1979 and played (except 1985) at all GDR women's championships until 1989 in Zittau . She won the GDR women's chess championships in 1982 in Salzwedel , 1984 in Eilenburg and 1987 in Glauchau . She took second place three times: 1981 in Fürstenwalde and 1983 in Cottbus behind Annett Wagner-Michel and 1986 in Nordhausen behind Carola Manger .
In 1981 in Halle she was runner- up behind Brigitte Burchardt at the GDR women's blitz championship.
Team championships
In 1979 and 1981 she won the GDR women's lightning team championship twice with the BSG Buna Halle-Neustadt club.
In the first German national chess league for women , she played from 1991 to 1998 for USV Halle (until 1993 VdS Buna Halle), where she was also registered as a reserve player in the 1st Bundesliga in the 1991/92 season , but was not used . From 1998 to 2004 she played for the SSV Rotation Berlin (except in the 2000/01 season also in the 1st Women's Bundesliga), since 2004 she has played for Rotation Pankow , a spin-off from SSV Rotation Berlin that ran from 2004 to 2007 and in the Played seasons 2008/09 and 2011/12 in the 1st women's Bundesliga.
Others
Since the GDR championship in 1989 she has been playing under the name Iris Mai.
Sources and literature
- Werner Wagner: Start-to-finish victory by Iris Bröder . SCHACH 4/1982, pp. 160-164
- Horst Rittner : Iris Bröder kept her nerve in the end . SCHACH 4/1984, pp. 157-159
- German women's chess championships - reports, photos and overview since 1939 on TeleSchach
- Paul Werner Wagner : Chess in the GDR . Lasker Society, April 29, 2002
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Iris Mai on 365Chess.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 119
- ↑ 27th German women's championship of the GDR 1978 in Torgelow on TeleSchess
- ↑ Horst Rittner : Good training in the fight against men . SCHACH 4/1982, p. 164
- ↑ Schach, 1986/10 p. 19
- ^ Rainer Tröger: 30th GDR Championship - Fürstenwalde . SCHACH 4/1981, pp. 162-165
- ↑ German women's blitz individual championships at the German Chess Federation
- ^ German women's blitz team championships at the German Chess Federation
- ↑ The Rotation Pankow association is not a renaming of the SSV Rotation Berlin, but a spin-off from it in 2004. The SSV Rotation Berlin association continues to exist and also has its own teams at the Berlin level.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | May, Iris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bröder, Iris (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |