About Catharina Roodzant
Lived 1896 – 1999 (aged 102). Catharina Roodzant was a Dutch chess player.
Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master.
She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938). 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 (Vera Menchik won both events).
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Who was Catharina Roodzant?
Dutch chess player (1896–1999)
When was Catharina Roodzant born?
Catharina Roodzant was born on 21 October 1896 in Rotterdam.
When did Catharina Roodzant die?
Catharina Roodzant died on 24 February 1999 in Rotterdam.
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Catharina Roodzant was a chess player.
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Catharina Roodzant was Dutch.
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