Ada van der Giessen (born 4 May 1948) is a Dutch chess player. She is a winner of the
Dutch Women's Chess Championship (1973) and
Women's Chess Olympiads twice individual silver medalist (
1972
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1976
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Biography
In the 1970s Ada van der Giessen was one of the leading Dutch women chess players. In 1973 she won the Dutch Women's Chess Championship.
Ada van der Giessen played for the Netherlands in the
Women's Chess Olympiads:
* In 1972, at first reserve board in the
5th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Skopje
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(+4, =1, -3) and won an individual silver medal,
* In 1974, at second board in the
6th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Medellín
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(+5, =2, -3),
* In 1976, at first reserve board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa
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(+5, =3, -1) and won an individual silver medal.
In 2003 and 2011, she became the winner of the ''Alphense Schaakclub'' senior tournament in
Alphen aan den Rijn
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References
External links
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Ada van der Giessenchess games at 365Chess.com
1948 births
Living people
Dutch chess players
Dutch female chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
20th-century Dutch women
20th-century Dutch people
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