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Anna Näpfer

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Anna Näpfer
Country Switzerland
Born(1913-09-03)3 September 1913
Died1 December 2007(2007-12-01) (aged 94)

Anna Näpfer (3 September 1913 – 1 December 2007) was a Swiss chess player who nine times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship (1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1976).

Biography

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From the 1950s to the 1970s Anna Näpfer was one of the leading Swiss women's chess players. Between 1953 and 1976, she won nine times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship and it is an all-time record. In 1960, in Vrnjačka Banja Anna Näpfer participated in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship West European Zonal Tournament.[1]

Anna Näpfer played for Switzerland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: All-Time Player History :: Näpfer, Anna". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Anna Näpfer". www.olimpbase.org.
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