Narelle waiter

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Narelle Kellner (born Narelle Jorgensen ; born October 18, 1934 , † December 20, 1987 in Hurstville , New South Wales ) was an Australian chess player .

Life

Narelle Kellner grew up in Mosman , a suburb of Sydney . Her father served in the Australian Imperial Force . In 1943, she nearly drowned in Mosman Harbor, prompting a rescue mission of more than 200 soldiers.

She worked as a primary school teacher.

Narelle waiter was the chess player since 1961 John Vincent waiter married (* 1931, † 1987), an International Master in correspondence chess and multiple Australian correspondence chess master who taught her to play chess. John Kellner was a taxi driver. When he was involved in an accident that killed two people, he was terminally ill. Narelle Kellner shot her husband just before the trial and a week later shot herself.

successes

She won the New South Wales Women's Individual Championship 21 times. 1972 and 1974 (in Cooma ) she was able to win the 3rd and 4th Australian individual championships for women.

In 1976 she took part in the interzonal tournament in Tbilisi , in which, however, she took the last place of the participating players, the winner was Jelena Fatalibekowa . At the 1979 interzonal tournament in Alicante , won by Tatjana Lematschko , Kellner was also last, tied with Miyoko Watai . She had qualified for the interzonal tournament in Alicante through a zone tournament in 1978 in Singapore .

Kellner played for the Australian women's national team at four Chess Olympiads : 1972 on the top board and 1976 , 1978 and 1984 on the second board, where she won against Margit Hennings in 1978 and in 1984 against Helen Milligan .

In 1977 she was awarded the title of International Women's Champion (WIM). Her highest rating was 2015 in 1987.

Publications

  • Guide to coaching junior chess players . Australian Chess Federation, Sydney 1986 (together with Kevin Harrison); 2nd expanded edition: Australien Chess Enterprises, Kellyville NSW 1993 (expanded by Stuart Clarke); ISBN 978-1-8757-1602-9 .
  • The Bulletin. 38th Australian Junior Chess Championship . Sydney 1987.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Missing Girl's Adventure . Article in The Sydney Morning Herald, September 28, 1943
  2. ^ The life and tragic death of chess queen Narelle . Article by Daniel Williams in The Sydney Morning Herald, December 21, 1987
  3. ↑ List of Australian women champions ( Memento from April 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  4. ↑ Interzonal Tournament Tbilisi 1976 (English)
  5. ↑ Narelle Kellner's Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
personal data
SURNAME Waiter, Narelle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waiter Jorgensen, Narelle; Jorgensen, Narelle (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1934
DATE OF DEATH December 20, 1987
Place of death Hurstville