Gabriele Just (28 September 1936 – 26 February 2024), née Ortlepp, was a German

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player. She was a three-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1964, 1965, 1972), and a

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by profession.

Chess career

From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, Just was one of the leading

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chess players. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships three times: 1964, 1965, and 1972. She played for East Germany in the

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s: * In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+7−0=2), winning the team bronze medal and the individual silver medal; * In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3−3=2); * In 1972, at second board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4−3=3). In the German Chess Women's Bundesliga, Just represented

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chess club ''Leipzig 1899'' from 1991 to 1996. In 1996, she won the German Open Senior Women's Chess Championship. Just is also known as a

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player. She took part in the 2nd World Correspondence Chess Women's Championship (1972–1977), taking 7th place.

Medical career

In 1965, she graduated from

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Faculty of Medicine and worked as a doctor in Leipzig for her entire work life.

References

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