Petra Feibert

Petra Feibert
Petra Feibert in 1982
Country  East Germany
 West Germany
 Germany
Born (1958-06-11)June 11, 1958
Gera, East Germany
Died July 18, 2010(2010-07-18) (aged 52)
Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Title Woman International Master (1977)

Petra Feibert (11 June 1958 – 18 July 2010), née Feustel, was a German chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1977). She was a three-time winner the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1974, 1976, 1977).

Biography

In the 1970s, she was one of the leading chess players in the East Germany. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships three times: 1974, 1976 and 1977, while in 1975 and 1978 she won silver medals (in both cases after extra match).[1] In 1976, she participated at Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Tbilisi and shared 7th-8th place.[2] In 1977, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title.

In 1979 she was arrested for trying to emigrate from the East Germany and sentenced to 4 years in prison. After 20 months of serving the sentence she was released and forced to leave the country. She then left for the Federal Republic of Germany and lived in Mannheim.

In 1984 and 1985, she twice won the titles of the West German champion in fast chess. In 1985, she also played for national team at the team tournament Nordic Cup in the Pohja, where the West Germany team took the fourth place.[3]

Petra Feibert played for West Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[4]

Since the beginning of the 1990s, she started very rarely in the tournaments classified by the FIDE.[5] She was married to German FIDE master Fred Feibert.[6]

References

  1. "TeleSchach / Deutsche Frauen (Damen) Schachmeisterschaften". teleschach.com.
  2. "1976 Tbilisi Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: 10th Nordic Chess Cup, Pohja 1985, West Germany". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Petra Feustel". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "FIDE rating history :: Feustel, Petra".
  6. "The chess games of Fred Feibert". www.chessgames.com.
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