Elfriede Rinder

Elfriede (Friedl) Rinder (née Benzinger) (November 20, 1905 – June 3, 2001) was a German woman chess master.

Rinder won the 1st Women's German championship at Stuttgart 1939. [ [http://www.teleschach.com/aktuelles/ddemlist.htm TeleSchach / Deutsche Frauen (Damen) Schachmeisterschaften ] ] She took 4th place in the 7th Women's World Chess Championship (scoring 15/19) at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won). [ [http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/11%20Ajedrez%20Femenino/Palmares/Ctos_Mundo/Buenos_Aires_39.htm Campeonato Mundo femenino Buenos Aires 1939 ] ]

After World War II, she won the women's national (West German) championship four times (1949, 1955, 1956 and 1959). She tied for 12-13th in Candidates Tournament at Plovdiv 1959 (Kira Zvorykina won), [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/59wo$cix.htm World Chess Championship (women) : 1959 Candidates Tournament ] ] and tied for 15-16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja 1961 (Nona Gaprindashvili won). [ [http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/61wo$cix.htm World Chess Championship (women) : 1961 Candidates Tournament ] ]

She played thrice for West Germany at first board in Women's Chess Olympiad:
* 1st Olympiad at Emmen 1957 (+5 –4 =5);
* 2nd Olympiad at Split 1963 (+4 –3 =4);
* 3rd Olympiad at Oberhausen 1966 (+1 –5 =4). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]

Rinder was awarded the WIM title in 1957. She had a son, Gerd (who played chess to a good level and was Bavarian Champion in 1960) and a daughter. Prior to her marriage, she studied singing and the piano.

References

*cite book | author=Sunnucks, Anne | title=The Encyclopaedia of Chess | publisher=Hale | year=1970 | id=ISBN 0709110308