Catharina Roodzant

Chess Player

1896 – 1999

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Who was Catharina Roodzant?

Catharina Roodzant was a Dutch female chess master.

She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship. Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny Heemskerk 0.5 : 4.5 in 1937, and lost two matches to Sonja Graf, 0.5 : 3.5 in 1937 and 1 : 3 in 1939, both in Rotterdam.

She tied for 10-16th in the 6th Women's World Chess Championship at Stockholm 1937, and tied for 7-8th in the 7th WWCC which took place during the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.

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Born
Oct 21, 1896
Lived in
  • Rotterdam
Died
Feb 24, 1999

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on July 23, 2013

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