Petra Feibert

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Petra Feustel 1986 Dubai.jpeg
Petra Feibert, Dubai 1986
Association Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic (until 1981) Germany (from 1981)
GermanyGermany 
Born June 11, 1958
Gera , German Democratic Republic
Died July 18, 2010
Pirmasens
title International Women's Champion (1978)
Best Elo rating 2255 (January and July 1988)

Petra Feibert , née Feustel (born June 11, 1958 in Gera , † July 18, 2010 in Pirmasens ) was a German chess player . In 1978 she received the title of International Women's Champion .

Life

Petra Feustel grew up in Gera. At the age of seven she learned to play chess from her father. In 1972 a steep rise in chess began. She won the GDR girls' championship several times before winning the GDR women 's individual championship three times in 1974, 1976 and 1977 . From 1974 she played for the Leipzig chess community in the special league . Your chess trainer was Heinz Rätsch. A great success was the 7th place at the 1976 interzonal tournament in Tbilisi . The way to the top of the world remained blocked for the aspiring chess talent. The fact that GDR chess turned away from international events, including the world chess championships, made things more difficult .

In 1979, Petra Feustel was arrested while trying to escape and sentenced to four years in prison. After twenty months in prison, she was ransomed by the Federal Republic of Germany . After her departure, she settled in Mannheim in 1980. She studied German and philosophy at the University of Mannheim .

For the Federal Republic she took part in the women's chess Olympiad in Lucerne in 1982 , in Thessaloniki in 1984 and in Dubai in 1986 . She achieved 21 points in 35 games (13: 6, = 16). In 1984 and 1985 she became German champion in blitz chess .

After marrying FIDE master Fred Feibert in 1992, she gave up her maiden name, under which she had achieved her most important sporting achievements. In terms of chess, she remained active and played for some time in the women's team of SK Chaos Mannheim , including in the 2003/04 season in the 1st women's Bundesliga . Several times, most recently in 2010, she was Palatinate Master.

She lived with her family in Pirmasens. After a serious illness, Petra Feibert committed suicide on July 18, 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Paul Werner Wagner : "Petra Feustel" , in: Berliner Zeitung , October 31, 2009
  2. ↑ Table of the 1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi
  3. ^ Wagner chess in the GDR ( memento of April 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Lasker-Gesellschaft, April 29, 2002, different information ("imprisoned for almost a year") in: Otto Borik and Joachim Petzold : Meyers Schachlexikon . Meyers Lexikonverlag, Mannheim 1993, p. 94. ISBN 3-411-08811-7
  4. ^ Klaus Lindörfer: Chess Lexicon. History. Theory and game practice from AZ , Orbis Verlag, Munich 1991, p. 91. ISBN 3-572-02734-9
  5. ↑ Petra Feibert's results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org
  6. ↑ a b Obituary of the Palatinate Chess Federation , July 25, 2010 (with picture)
  7. ↑ Obituary , in: Die Rheinpfalz , online edition, July 26, 2010 ("have you taken the freedom to end your life")

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personal data
SURNAME Feibert, Petra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feustel, Petra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chess player
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 2010
Place of death Pirmasens