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Irmgard Kärner

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Irmgard Kärner
Country West Germany
 Germany
Born(1927-02-20)20 February 1927
Frankfurt, Germany
Died23 August 2014(2014-08-23) (aged 87)

Irmgard Kärner (20 February 1927 – 23 August 2014), also Irmgard Karner, was a German chess player. She was a winner the West Germany Women's Chess Championship (1964).

Biography

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From the 1960s to the early 1970s, Irmgard Kärner was one of the leading chess players in the West Germany. She won four medals in West Germany Women's Chess Championships: gold (1964), two silver (1965, 1970) and bronze (1962).[1][2][3][4]

Irmgard Kärner played for West Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

Irmgard Kärner played chess until old age. She twice won the third place at the German Women's Senior Championship (1996, 2002).[6] In 2000, Irmgard Kärner shared 1st place in German Women's Senior Championship.[7]

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  1. ^ "16. Deutsche Damenmeisterschaft 1962 in Eckernförde".
  2. ^ "18. Deutsche Damenmeisterschaft 1964 in Bremen".
  3. ^ "19. Deutsche Damenmeisterschaft 1965 in Wangen / Allgäu".
  4. ^ "21. Deutsche Damenmeisterschaft 1970 in Lauterbach (Hessen)".
  5. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Irmgard Kärner". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. ^ "8. Deutsche Seniorenmeisterschaft 1996 in Friedrichroda".
  7. ^ "12. Deutsche Seniorenmeisterschaft 2000 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe".

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