Silvia Schmidt (chess player)

Silvia Schmidt (* 1969 ) is a German correspondence chess player and "International Correspondence Chess Master" (Lady International Correspondence Chess Master, LIM for short).

Correspondence chess

In 1991 she took part for the first time in a tournament organized by the German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF). It was a preliminary group of the 16th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship. Schmidt was the first in the group to qualify confidently for the final round, in which she was runner- up behind Anke Koglin .

In the preliminary round of the 17th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship, Schmidt also took part from 1994 and was able to qualify for the final round again. Here she prevailed unbeaten with 8.5 points from 10 games ahead of Astrid Montag and thus achieved the championship title.

In 1997 Schmidt was nominated by the German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF) for the German selection at the final of the 5th Ladies Correspondence Chess Olympiad. She finished second on the 4th board with 6.5 points from 8 games. The German team also landed in second place in the final score and won the silver medal.

At the same time, Schmidt took part in the preliminary round of the 7th ICCF Women's Correspondence Chess World Championship, which started in 1998. Here she finished second with 11 points from 12 games (+10 = 2 −0) behind the eventual world champion Olga Sucharewa , who was synonymous with the final round qualification.

At the 18th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship, which also began in 1998, there was only one final tournament from the outset, which was played with 15 players. In this, Schmidt remained unbeaten again with 13 points (+10 = 4 −0) and took second place behind Daniella Geldner in the final ranking .

The fact that Schmidt was listed in the ICCF rating list from 1998 with an Elo number above 2300 gave her the opportunity to take part in a Master Norm tournament. With 7 points from 10 games (+5 = 4 −1), she achieved not only second place but also a standard for the title of international correspondence chess master.

Due to her success in national women's correspondence chess, Schmidt was the first female player to receive the title of national correspondence chess champion from the German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF) in 2000 . Due to the good results also at international level, she was awarded the title "Lady International Correspondence Chess Master" (LIM) at the ICCF Congress in autumn of the same year.

In 2002 the finals of the 7th Women's Correspondence Chess World Championship began. Schmidt scored 7.5 points from 12 games (+5 = 5 −2) and was in 6th place in the final table due to a poorer evaluation compared to the fourth place. At the same time, she achieved a standard for the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (Lady International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, LGM for short).

Your rating in correspondence chess is 2374 (as of March 1, 2005). She has not been active since then.

Web links

• Silvia Schmidt at the International Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Final result of the 16th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship, final round
2. ^ Final result of the 17th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship, final round
3. ↑ Final result of the 5th Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad, board 4
4. ^ Final result of the 5th Women's Correspondence Chess Olympiad, team ranking
5. ↑ Final result of the 7th Women's Correspondence Chess World Championship, preliminary group 3
6. ↑ Final result of the 18th German Women's Correspondence Chess Championship
7. ^ Final result of the Email Master Norm tournament, group 013
8. ↑ List of National Correspondence Chess Masters
9. ↑ List of all Lady International Correspondence Chess Masters (as of November 2012) ( PDF , English)
10. ^ Final result of the 7th World Women's Correspondence Chess Championship, final round