Elisabeth Pähtz

Elisabeth Pähtz (born January 8, 1985, sometimes written Elisabeth Paehtz) is a German chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Elisabeth Pähtz
Elisabeth Pähtz, Karlsruhe 2016
CountryGermany
Born (1985-01-08) January 8, 1985
Erfurt, East Germany
Title
FIDE rating2467 (February 2021)
Peak rating2513 (September 2018)

Early life

Pähtz was born in 1985 in Erfurt, Germany. Her father, Thomas Pähtz, was a chess grandmaster and played chess with his daughter from from a young age on. At the age of nine years she won her first German championship, in the under-11 age group. In 1999 she became Germany's women's chess champion. She served as one of four advisors on the World team in the 1999 Kasparov versus The World chess match.[1]

In 2002 Pähtz became the World Youth Champion of the girls' under-18 age group, and in 2005 the World Junior Girls Champion.[2][1]

Pähtz attended the Sport High School Dresden until 2004 where she was awarded her Abitur diploma in 2005. She plays - among others - for the Dresdner Sport Club 1898 in the German women's league and for the SC Kreuzberg in the German chess men's league.[1] As one of the strongest German female talents, Pähtz was the subject of media interest when growing up and was featured in a multitude of television shows. After High School she enlisted in the Bundeswehr, as part of the army's sports promotion group.[1]

In September 2015 she married Italian GM Luca Shytaj.[3]

International career

Pähtz is the strongest German female chess player since her youth.[4]

She has played for Germany in 10 women's chess olympiads between 1998–2016. She also played for Germany in the women's World Team Chess Championship in 2007, scoring +2 =6 -0 for which she won the individual bronze medal on board one. She has also played for Germany in nine women's European Team Chess Championships between 1999–2015. She won the individual bronze medal on board two in 2001 with a score of +3 =4 -1 at León, Spain.[1]

In 2017 she won the bronze medal in women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh.[5]

Pähtz won the 2018 European Women's Championship in rapid chess and was the runner-up in the respective blitz chess tournament.[6][7] Her performance in classic chess was also very strong which enabled her to enter the top 10 in the women's FIDE world rankings in September 2018.[8]

In 2019 she won the bronze medal in the women's European Individual Chess Championship.[9]

References
  1. Hoppe, Frank. "Elisabeth Pähtz Profile" (in German). German Chess Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Elisabeth Pähtz win World Juniors". ChessBase. 2005-11-23. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. Schulz, André (2015-09-09). "Elisabeth Pähtz hat geheiratet" (in German). ChessBase. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. May, Marie-Julie (2020-12-02). "Interview mit Elisabeth Pähtz - "Eine Frau, die sich bei den Männern durchsetzt, werden wir nicht mehr erleben"" [Interview with Elisabeth Pähtz - "We won't see a woman who will prevail againstall the men"] (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. "Bronze für Elisabeth Pähtz bei der Schnellschach-WM" [Bronze for Elisabeth Pähtz in the Rapid Chess World Championship] (in German). German Chess Federation. 2017-12-29. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. "Elisabeth Pähtz ist Europameisterin im Schnellschach!" [Elisabeth Pähtz is European champion in rapid chess Championship] (in German). German Chess Federation. 2018-03-31. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. "Elisabeth Pähtz ist Vize-Europameisterin im Blitzschach!" [Elisabeth Pähtz is 2nd in the rapid chess European Championship] (in German). German Chess Federation. 2018-04-01. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. "FIDE ranking" (in German). FIDE. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. "Elisabeth Pähtz holt die Bronze-Medaille bei der EM!" [Elisabeth Pähtz achieves the bronze medal in the European Championship] (in German). German Chess Federation. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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