Irmgard Karner

Irmgard Karner Fürstenfeldbruck 1968

Irmgard Karner (born February 20, 1927 in Breslau ; † August 23, 2014 ) was a German chess player .

Chess successes

Group picture of the participants in the 1964 German Championship in Bremen. Irmgard Karner left behind Ottilie Stibaner (5th from right), third from right Anny Hecker (tournament director).

Irmgard Karner won the German women's championship in Bremen in 1964 . Two years earlier, she was third in the 1962 German Women's Championship in Eckernförde .

She was runner-up in each case in 1965 when Ottilie Stibaner won, and in 1970 behind Anni Laakmann in Lauterbach (Hesse) . In October 1968 she was fourth at the 20th German Women's Championship in Fürstenfeldbruck , which Ursula Wasnetsky won.

Chess Olympiads

Irmgard Karner participated for Germany at the Chess Olympiads in the years 1966 in Oberhausen , 1969 in Lublin ( Poland ) and in 1972 in Skopje ( Yugoslavia ).

Senior Championships

Irmgard Karner played chess well into old age.

She achieved third place at the German senior championship in 1996 in Friedrichroda . In 2000 she became German senior champion. In July 2002 she was third of the women at the German senior championship in Freudenstadt . In 2003 she took part in the senior women's world championship in Bad Zwischenahn , which Tamar Chmiadashvili won.

Others

Irmgard Karner was a long-time member of SC Starnberg. Her best Elo rating was 2210 in January 1990.

In 1966 she received the silver needle of the Bavarian Chess Federation.

literature

• Michael Dombrowsky: 50 years ago: Two memorable chess Olympiads on ChessBase
• In Dresden it's the world's turn! on schacholympiade.org

swell

• Bulletin of the 18th German Women's Championship, Bremen 27.9. - 10.10.1964
• Irmgard Karner on the German Chess Federation
• German championships for women on TeleSchess
• The Starnberg chess club mourns Irmgard Karner at SC Starnberg

Web links

Commons : Irmgard Karner  - Collection of Images

• Irmgard Karner at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
• Replayable chess games by Irmgard Karner on 365Chess.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 18th German Women's Championship 1964 in Bremen on TeleSchach
2. ↑ 16. German Women's Championship 1962 in Eckernförde on TeleSchess
3. ↑ 19th German women's championship 1965 in Wangen / Allgäu on TeleSchach
4. ↑ 21st German Women's Championship 1970 in Lauterbach (Hesse) on TeleSchach
5. ↑ 20th German women's championship 1968 in Fürstenfeldbruck on TeleSchach
6. ↑ WOMEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS: Irmgard Karner on OlimpBase (English)
7. ↑ 8th German Senior Championship 1996 in Friedrichroda on TeleSchach
8. ↑ 12th German Senior Championship 2000 in Bad Homburg in front of the height on TeleSchach
9. ↑ 14th German Senior Championship 2002 in Freudenstadt on TeleSchess
10. ↑ Senior World Championship 2003 in Bad Zwischenahn games on 365Chess
11. ↑ Irmgard Karner on chess-db.com
12. ↑ 1966 silver badge of honor for Irmgard Karner on the Bavarian Chess Federation