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Romanian and German chess player (1941–2020)

Gertrude Baumstark
Baumstarka in 1980
Country	Romania Germany
Born	(1941-05-21)21 May 1941 Timișoara, Romania
Died	28 April 2020(2020-04-28) (aged 78) Munich, Germany
Title	Woman International Master (1970)
Peak rating	2245 (January 1990)

Gertrude Baumstark (21 May 1941 - 28 April 2020), was a Romanian and German chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1970). She is a two-time winner of the Romanian Women's Chess Championship (1967, 1981).

Biography

From the mid-1960s, Gertrude Baumstark was one of the leading Romanian women's chess players. In Romanian Women's Chess Championships have won the nine medals: two gold (1967, 1981), six silver (1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1986) and bronze (1968). Participant of many international women's chess tournaments, achieved best results in Lublin (1969, shared 1st-2nd place), Pernik (1973, shared 1st-4th place), Lublin (1974, 1st place), Subotica (1974, shared 2nd-3rd place), Nałęczów (1978, shared 1st-2nd place). In 1970, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Gertrude Baumstark four times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

In 1971, at Interzonal Tournament in Ohrid shared 16th-17th place;
In 1973, at Interzonal Tournament in Menorca has taken 12th place;
In 1976, at Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi shared 7th-8th place;
In 1979, at Interzonal Tournament in Alicante shared 9th-10th place.

Gertrude Baumstark played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

In 1969, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+2, =2, -4),
In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =2, -1) and won the team silver medal,
In 1974, at second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in Medellín (+7, =4, -2) and won the team silver medal,
In 1978, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+8, =4, -1) and won the individual silver medal,
In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+2, =1, -2).

Since 2004, Gertrude Baumstark represented Germany in international chess tournaments.

References

Ulla Münch (2020-06-10). "Zum Tode von Gertrude Baumstark". ChessBase. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
Nicolae, Zidaru. "Federaţia Română de Şah: Prezentare". www.frsah.ro. Archived from the original on 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
"1971 Ohrid Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1973 Menorca Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
"1979 Alicante Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gertrude Baumstark". www.olimpbase.org.
Administrator. "FIDE Player transfers". ratings.fide.com.

External links

Gertrude Baumstark player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Gertrude Baumstark chess games at 365Chess.com

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