Christina Lehmann (born 9 December 1951), née Hölzlein, from 1975 to 2005 Domsgen, is a German

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player. She is a two-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship (1970, 1971).

Chess career

In the 1970s Christina Lehmann was one of the leading

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chess players. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships two times in row: 1970, 1971. Also she won silver (1973) and two bronze medals (1974, 1975) in this tournament. She played for East Germany in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

: * In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =2, −3). Until 1973 Christina Lehmann played for ''BSG Chemie Lützkendorf''. With the ''BSG Buna Halle'', she was East Germany team champion in blitz chess in 1973. She won this title again in 1975 with the ''HSG PH Potsdam''. In 2008 she won the championship again with the ''SK Großlehna''. In the 1990s, she played for the women's team of ''SV Buna Schkopau'' and generally play operation until 2004 for the ''ESV Merseburg'' (later ''SV Merseburg''). She has been playing in the women's

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since the 2003/04 season for the ''SK Großlehna'', with the greatest success being the runner-up right after the promotion in the 2007/08 season.

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Christina Lehmann
chess games at 365Chess.com 1951 births Living people German female chess players German chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-chess-bio-stub