Denise Frick

Denise Frick
Country  South Africa
Born (1980-11-26) November 26, 1980
Title Woman International Master (2004)

Denise Frick (born 26 November 1980) is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2004).

Biography

In 2003 Denise Frick became a Woman FIDE master (WFM), and in 2004 she received the title of Woman International master (WIM). In 2005, in Cape Town she won the Republic of South Africa Women's Chess Championship[1], and in Lusaka won a bronze medal in the African Women's Chess Championship[2]. In 2011, in Maputo, she won a bronze medal (her second medal) in the African Women's Chess Championship.[3]. In 2012, in Khanty-Mansiysk she made her debut at the Women's World Chess Championship, where she lost in the first round to Humpy Koneru[4]. In 2014 in Windhoek, she won in the FIDE zonal tournament of Africa[5].

She has represented South Africa in multiple Women's Chess Olympiads, including 2000, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018[6]) and at the World Women's Team Chess Championship in 2011[7]. She has participated three times in the Women's Chess Team tournament in the African Games (2003-2011), where she won two silvers (2003, 2007) and a bronze (2011) medal in the team competition, and in the individual competition she won the silver (2011) medal[8].

Frick is a Psychologist by education. Her master's degree work a concerned the use of chess as a therapeutic tool for assisting in the treatment of substance abuse[9].

References

  1. ↑ Administrator. "RSA Closed Champ.Women July 2005 South Africa FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ↑ "2005 African Individual Chess Championships". www.thechessdrum.net.
  3. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2011 AFRICAN INDIVIDUAL WOMEN´S CHAMPIONSHIP". www.chess-results.com.
  4. ↑ "2012 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  5. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Zone 4.3 Individual Chess Championships". chess-results.com.
  6. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Denise Frick". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: World Women's Team Chess Championship :: Denise Frick". www.olimpbase.org.
  8. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: All-Africa Games (chess - women) :: Denise Frick". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. ↑ «Chess as a therapeutic medium in a substance abuse rehabilitation centre : a narrative study» Frick, Denise (University of Pretoria, 2008-07-10)
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