Marianne Schröder (7 August 1937 – 15 January 1970), née Kulke, was a German

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player who six times won the West Berlin City Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

In the 1950s and in the 1960s, Marianne Schröder was one of the leading chess players in the

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. She won six gold medals in West Berlin City Women's Chess Championships: 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1966. From 1956 to 1962 Marianne Schröder participated in West Germany Women's Chess Championship which achieved the best results in 1961 and 1962 when she ranked in 4th place. Marianne Schröder played for West Germany in the

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: * In 1963, at first reserve board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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* 1937 births 1970 deaths German female chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century German chess players 20th-century German sportswomen German chess players {{Germany-chess-bio-stub