Myrta Ludwig (1928 - 18 November 2003) was a

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chess player who three times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship (1969, 1977, 1978).

Biography

Ludwig learned to play chess from her father. Her first chess club was the ''Schachclub Oerlikon'', which she did not join until the age of 28. Myrta Ludwig won the Swiss Women's Chess Championships in 1969 in

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, in 1977 in

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and in 1978 in

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. Ludwig played for Switzerland in the

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: * In 1976, at first reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =1, -2). Ludwig passed away in 2003 after a long illness. Her husband also played chess. Her daughter, Silvia Faust-Ludwig, is also a chess player.

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* 1928 births 2003 deaths Sportspeople from Zürich Swiss chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Switzerland-chess-bio-stub