Carla Wettstein (born 1946) is a
Swiss
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and
Australia
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n chess player who two times won the
Swiss Women's Chess Championship (1972, 1975).
Women's Chess Olympiad individual bronze medalist (
1976
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Biography
In the 1970s Carla Wettstein was one of the leading Swiss women's chess players. She two times won the
Swiss Women's Chess Championship: 1972 and 1975. In 1973, in
Wijk aan Zee
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Carla Wettstein participated in FIDE
Women's World Chess Championship
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Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...
European Zonal Tournament.
Carla Wettstein played for Switzerland in the
Women's Chess Olympiad:
* In 1976, at third board in the
7th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Haifa
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(+5, =3, -2) and won individual bronze medal.
Carla Wettstein later moved to Australia and rarely played in chess tournaments.
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1946 births
Living people
Australian chess players
Swiss chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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