Wilma Samt

Wilma Samt
Born(1926-05-28)28 May 1926
Died15 February 2016(2016-02-15) (aged 89)
Children1 daughter
Chess career
Country Austria

Wilma Samt (28 May 1926 – 15 February 2016) was an Austrian chess player who won the Austrian Women's Chess Championship three times (1966, 1970, 1973).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to the begin 1980s Wilma Samt was one of the leading Austrian women's chess players. In Austrian Women's Chess Championship she won six medals: three gold (1966, 1970, 1973) and three bronze (1975, 1978, 1980). In 1966, in Arenys de Mar Wilma Samt participated in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship West European Zonal Tournament.

Wilma Samt played for Austria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

References

  1. ↑ Liste der österreichischen Staatsmeister im Schach
  2. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: West European zonal :: Arenys de Mar 1966". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Wilma Samt". www.olimpbase.org.