Elfriede Rinder
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Elfriede (Friedl) Rinder (née Benzinger) (born November 20, 1905 - died June 3, 2001) was a German woman chess master.
Rinder won the 1st Women's German championship at Stuttgart 1939. [1] She took 4th place in the 7th Women's World Chess Championship (scoring 15/19) at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won). [2]
After World War II, she won the women's national (West German) championship four times (1949, 1955, 1956 and 1959). She tied for 12-13th in Candidates Tournament at Plovdiv 1959 (Kira Zvorykina won),[3] and tied for 15-16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja 1961 (Nona Gaprindashvili won).[4]
She played thrice for West Germany at first board in Women's Chess Olympiad:
- 1st Olympiad at Emmen 1957 (+5 –4 =5);
- 2nd Olympiad at Split 1963 (+4 –3 =4);
- 3rd Olympiad at Oberhausen 1966 (+1 –5 =4). [5]
Rinder was awarded the WIM title in 1957. 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.
[edit] References
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970). The Encyclopaedia of Chess. Hale. ISBN 0709110308.
