Irmgard Kärner

German chess player (1927–2014)

Irmgard Kärner
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

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