Elisabeth Pähtz
Encyclopedia
Elisabeth Pähtz is a German
chess
Woman Grandmaster.
She was trained from early childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, a chess grandmaster
himself. At the age of 9 years she won her first German championship in the under-11 age group. In 1999 she became Germany's women's chess champion. In 2002 she became the youth world champion of the under-18 age group and in 2004 junior world champion of the age group 20-and-below.
At the European women's championship in Dresden
she won 16th place in the same year. She attended the Sport High School Dresden until 2004 and is among the strongest native German chess players. She plays for the Dresdner Sport Club 1898 and other associations.
As one of the greatest German new generation talents she is the subject of a large media interest when she was growing up. Among other things it was reported that she was likely to fail high-school mathematics. Her own explanation for this however is that she is a very intuitive player and therefore does not have to be a universal genius. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, her current Elo
rating is 2474 (July 2009).
Pähtz served as one of four advisors on the World team in the Kasparov versus The World
chess match in 1999.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Woman Grandmaster.
She was trained from early childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, a chess grandmaster
International Grandmaster
The title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain....
himself. At the age of 9 years she won her first German championship in the under-11 age group. In 1999 she became Germany's women's chess champion. In 2002 she became the youth world champion of the under-18 age group and in 2004 junior world champion of the age group 20-and-below.
At the European women's championship in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
she won 16th place in the same year. She attended the Sport High School Dresden until 2004 and is among the strongest native German chess players. She plays for the Dresdner Sport Club 1898 and other associations.
As one of the greatest German new generation talents she is the subject of a large media interest when she was growing up. Among other things it was reported that she was likely to fail high-school mathematics. Her own explanation for this however is that she is a very intuitive player and therefore does not have to be a universal genius. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster, her current Elo
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
rating is 2474 (July 2009).
Pähtz served as one of four advisors on the World team in the Kasparov versus The World
Kasparov versus The World
Kasparov versus the World was a game of chess played in 1999 over the Internet. Conducting the white pieces, Garry Kasparov faced the rest of the world in consultation, with the World Team moves to be decided by plurality vote. Over 50,000 individuals from more than 75 countries participated in the...
chess match in 1999.