Gertrude Baumstark

Gertrude Baumstark (born 21 May 1941), is 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).

Gertrude Baumstark
Gertrude Baumstarka (close-up) in 1980
Country Romania
 Germany
Born (1941-05-21) May 21, 1941
Timișoara, Romania
TitleWoman International Master (1970)

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).[1] 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 International Women Master (WIM) title.

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

Gertrude Baumstark played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[6]

Since 2004, Gertrude Baumstark represented Germany in international chess tournaments.[7]

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