Maria Albuleț

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Maria Albuleț (born June 10, 1932 in Brăila ; † January 17, 2005 in Ploieşti , Prahova County ) was a Romanian chess player and also known under the names Maria Pogorevici and Maria Albuleț-Pogorevici.

Life

She studied medicine , did her doctorate as a pediatrician and worked for Petrolul Ploieşti . In the 1950s she was one of the leading Romanian chess players. She won the Romanian Women's Championship in 1951, 1955 and 1956. She came second twice (1953, 1972) and third once (1958).

She was the first Romanian to receive the title of International Women's Champion . Due to her international success, she received the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM) from FIDE in 1985 , three years after her daughter Marina was the first Romanian to receive this title.

She was also a strong correspondence chess player and participated in the first women's correspondence chess Olympiad. Albulețs last Elo rating was 2100, but she did not play an Elo-rated game after 1990. It reached its highest rating of 2120 in July 1973 and January 1987.

Candidates tournaments

In 1959 she took part in the tournaments for the women's chess championship in Plovdiv . In this candidate tournament she played under her name Maria Pogorevici and was tied with Friedl Rinder in twelfth place.

National team

Maria Albuleț took part with Romania in the first women's chess Olympiad in Emmen in 1957 and achieved second place with her teammate Margareta Teodorescu . In the first ranking (board points) Romania was tied with the winners USSR, the second ranking (team points) decided for the Soviet duo.

Correspondence chess

From 1974 to 1979 the Romanian team ( Margareta Mureşan , Maria Albuleț, Margareta Perevoznic, Victoria Simu) took part in the 1st Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad. At that time, the Soviet team with Olga Rubzowa on the first board won the gold medal and the German team with Juliane Hund on board 1 won the silver medal, Romania finished sixth.

Memorial tournaments

Since 2008 , memorial tournaments in honor of Maria Albuleț have been held in her hometown of Brăila , where she was also buried. The 2008 competition was also a test of the teams for the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden .

The second memorial tournament in 2009 was won again by Corina Peptan ahead of Marina Makropoulou.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CAMPIONATELE NATIONALE DE SENIORI / NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN (English)
  2. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 79
  3. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ World Chess Championship (Women) 1959 Candidates Tournament Plovdiv, 1959 (English)
  5. ↑ Maria Albulețs results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ^ 1. Correspondence Chess Olympiad of Women / 1st Ladies Correspondence Chess Olympiad
  7. ↑ ICCF - 1st CC LADIES OLYMPIAD FINAL , table of the International Correspondence Chess Federation
  8. ↑ RRI SPORTS CLUB: AN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT HELD IN MEMORY OF A GREAT ROMANIAN CHESS PLAYER, MARIA ALBULET 30/07/2008 (English)
  9. ^ Memorial Maria Albuleţ, Brăila 2009 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Albuleț, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pogorevici, Maria; Albuleț-Pogorevici, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Brăila
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2005
Place of death Ploieşti , Prahova County