Irmgard Kärner

Irmgard Kärner
Irmgard Kärner in 1968
Country	West Germany  Germany
Born	(1927-02-20)20 February 1927 Frankfurt, Germany
Died	23 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[]

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]

• In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen (+0, =1, -5),
• In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+3, =2, -4),
• In 1972, at second board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+4, =2, -2).

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]

References[]

Literature[]

• Michael Dombrowsky: Vor 50 Jahren: Zwei denkwürdige Schacholympiaden from ChessBase
• In Dresden ist die Welt am Zug! from schacholympiade.org

Other sources[]

• Bulletin of 18. German Women's Championship, Bremen 27.9. – 10.10.1964
• Deutsche Meisterschaften der Frauen from TeleSchach
• Der Schachclub Starnberg trauert um Irmgard Karner from SC Starnberg

External links[]

• Irmgard Karner player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Irmgard Kärner chess games at 365Chess.com
• Irmgard Karner from German Chess Federation