Elfriede Rinder

Frieda (Friedl) Rinder (née Benzinger) (November 20, 1905, in Schrobenhausen[1] – June 3, 2001) was a German woman chess master.

Rinder won the 1st Women's German championship at Stuttgart 1939.[2] She took 4th place in the 7th Women's World Chess Championship (scoring 15/19) at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won).[3]

After World War II, she won the women's national (West German) championship four times (1949, 1955, 1956 and 1959).[4] She tied for 12–13th in Candidates Tournament at Plovdiv 1959 (Kira Zvorykina won),[5] and tied for 15–16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja 1961 (Nona Gaprindashvili won).[6]

She played thrice for West Germany at first board in Women's Chess Olympiad:

Rinder was awarded the WIM title in 1957.[1][4] She had a son, Gerd (who played chess to a good level and was Bavarian Champion in 1960) and a daughter. Prior to her marriage, she studied singing and the piano.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 355, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  2. ^ TeleSchach / Deutsche Frauen (Damen) Schachmeisterschaften
  3. ^ Campeonato Mundo femenino Buenos Aires 1939
  4. ^ a b c Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 406, LCCN 78-106371 
  5. ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1959 Candidates Tournament
  6. ^ World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament
  7. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess

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