Martha Daunke
{{short description|German chess player}}
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Martha Daunke (November 1899 – 1967{{cite web|url=http://archiv.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/spieler/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212031041/http://archiv.berlinerschachverband.de/archiv/chronik/spieler/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2012|title=Berliner Schachverband :: Die bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten der Berliner Schachgeschichte|date=12 February 2012}}) was a German chess player. She was a participant the Women's World Chess Championship 1927.
Biography
In 1927, Martha Daunke participated in first Women's World Chess Championship where she ranked 12th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/2739$wix.htm%7ctitle=1927-39|title=Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 1939, Martha Daunke was participant the first German Women's Chess Championship in Stuttgart where she ranked 5th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/stuttgart1939.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1939 in Stuttgart|website=www.teleschach.de}} In 1943, she ranked 6th in German Women's Chess Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/wien1943.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1943 in Wien|website=www.teleschach.de}}
After World War II Martha Daunke participated in East German Women's Chess Championship which best result has achieved in Soviet occupation zone Women's Chess Championship in 1948 in Bad Doberan where she shared 1st place and only in additional match lost to Gertrud Nüsken.{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/doberan1948.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1948 in Bad Doberan|website=www.teleschach.de}} She participated in East German Women's Chess Championships by the end of the 1950s.{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/ostzone1949.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1949 in Bad Klosterlausnitz|website=www.teleschach.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/soemmerda1950.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1950 der DDR in Sömmerda|website=www.teleschach.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/klosterlausnitz1951.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1951 in Bad Klosterlausnitz|website=www.teleschach.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/ddr1952.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1952 in Schwerin|website=www.teleschach.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/saarow1954.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1954 der DDR in Saarow|website=www.teleschach.de}}{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/damen/soemmerda1957.htm|title=TeleSchach / Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Damenmeisterschaft 1957 in Sömmerda|website=www.teleschach.de}}
References
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External links
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Category:Chess players from Wrocław
Category:German female chess players
Category:20th-century German chess players
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