Anni Laakmann (born 5 January 1937) is a
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chess
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player who holds the title of
Woman FIDE Master
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(WFM, 1983). She is a four time
West Germany Women's Chess Champion (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976).
Biography
In 1970s, Laakmann was one of West Germany's leading women chess players. She won the West Germany Women's Chess Championships four times in 1970, 1972, 1974 and 1976. In 1973, in Nordic Chess Cup Laakmann won all her games. In 1975, in
Pula
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she participated in the World Women's Chess Championship Zonal tournament.
Anni Laakmann played for Germany in the
Women's Chess Olympiads:
* In 1972, at first board in the
5th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Skopje
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(+3, =4, -3),
* In 1974, at first board in the
6th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Medellín
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(+4, =4, -5),
* In 1976, at first board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa
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(+4, =4, -2),
* In 1978, at first board in the
8th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Buenos Aires
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(+2, =5, -4) and won the team bronze medal,
* In 1980, at third board in the
9th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Valletta
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(+4, =3, -2),
* In 1982, at first reserve board in the
10th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Lucerne
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(+2, =1, -2).
In mid 1980s Laakmann finished her chess player career.
References
External links
*
Anni Laakmannchess games at 365Chess.com
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1937 births
People from Wesel (district)
Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region)
German female chess players
German chess players
Chess Woman FIDE Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Living people