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Gabriele Just

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Gabriele Just
Gabriele Just in 2013
CountryEast Germany
Germany
Born(1936-09-28)28 September 1936
Died26 February 2024(2024-02-26) (aged 87)
Peak rating2150 (January 1975)

Gabriele Just (28 September 1936 – 26 February 2024[1]), née Ortlepp, was a German chess player. She was a three-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1964, 1965, 1972), and a physician by profession.

Chess career

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From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, Just was one of the leading East German chess players. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships three times: 1964, 1965, and 1972.[2]

She played for East Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]

In the German Chess Women's Bundesliga, Just represented Leipzig chess club Leipzig 1899 from 1991 to 1996. In 1996, she won the German Open Senior Women's Chess Championship.

Just is also known as a correspondence chess player. She took part in the 2nd World Correspondence Chess Women's Championship (1972–1977), taking 7th place.[4]

Medical career

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In 1965, she graduated from Leipzig University Faculty of Medicine and worked as a doctor in Leipzig for her entire work life.

References

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  1. ^ Dr. Gabriele Just 1936 – 2024
  2. ^ "TeleSchach / Deutsche Frauen (Damen) Schachmeisterschaften". teleschach.com.
  3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gabriele Just". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "Wch-02 Ladies Final". tables.iccf.com.
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