Elisabeth Pähtz

Elisabeth Pähtz ( born January 8, 1985 in Erfurt ) is a German chess player. In 2002, she became Junior World Champion, 2005 Junior World Champion.

Youth

She has been trained since childhood by her father Thomas Pähtz, himself chess grandmaster. At five years old she participated in a German women's championship for the first time. At the age of nine she won her first German championship in the U11 age group. In 1995 she was in Verdun European silver medalist of the age group U10 and in the same year in São Lourenço Vice World Champion. She was German champion of women in 1999. In the same year she supported Hape Kerkeling via "button" in the ear with a sketch for the broadcast Sat1 In the world laughs and was a member of the advisory team at the discharged via the internet game Kasparov versus the World. In 2002, she became Junior World Champion in the U18 age group, 2004 World silver medalist of the age group U20. The European Women in Dresden in the same year she took 16th place in 2005 it was Junior World Champion of the age group U20.

High School and subsequently

She attended until 2004 the sports high school in Dresden. As one of Germany's biggest young talents is the subject of a large media interest, and it was reported among other things that she threatened to fail when in High School Mathematics. Your own statement, however, is that it is a very intuitive player and therefore should not be a universal genius.

As of January 2006, she was a member of the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr. After the end of their period of service in April 2009, she took on a journalism studies in Berlin. In the Chess Olympiads in 2008 and 2010 they played each on top board of the German women's team. At the Chess World Championship for Women 2010 they failed in the 2nd round with 1.5-2.5 at Viktorija Cmilyte.

Since the season 2011/2012 Pähtz plays in the chess Bundesliga for the chess club in 1930 Hockenheim, before she was taken up for the chess club Epping, SC Kreuzberg, the Dresden Sports Club 1898 and other clubs.

1998 acquired the title of International Champion Elisabeth Pähtz of women ( WIM), 2001, she was Grand Master of the women ( WGM ), since 2004 it bears the title of International Master (IM). Your current Elo rating is 2440, the highest with 2493 they had in July 2012; so it is the strongest German chess player and is ranked 44 of the Women's World Ranking (all Elo Information: as of April 2014).