Wilma Samt

Austrian chess player (1926–2016)

Wilma Samt
Born	(1926-05-28)28 May 1926
Died	15 February 2016(2016-02-15) (aged 89)
Children	1 daughter

Country	Austria

Wilma Samt (28 May 1926 – 15 February 2016) was an Austrian chess player who three times won the Austrian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1970, 1973).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to the begin 1980s Wilma Samt was one of the leading Austrian women's chess players. In Austrian Women's Chess Championship she won six medals: three gold (1966, 1970, 1973) and three bronze (1975, 1978, 1980).^[1] In 1966, in Arenys de Mar Wilma Samt participated in FIDE Women's World Chess Championship West European Zonal Tournament.^[2]

Wilma Samt played for Austria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[3]

In 1963, at second board in the 2nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Split (+1, =3, -5),
In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin (+0, =2, -1),
In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+2, =2, -3),
In 1974, at second board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in Medellín (+3, =3, -2),
In 1976, at first reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =2, -1),
In 1980, at third board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =4, -3).

References

^ Liste der österreichischen Staatsmeister im Schach
^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: West European zonal :: Arenys de Mar 1966". www.olimpbase.org.
^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Wilma Samt". www.olimpbase.org.