Friedl Rinder

Friedl Rinder[1] (née Benzinger) (November 20, 1905, in Schrobenhausen[2] – June 3, 2001) was a German woman chess master.

[3] She took 4th place in the 7th Women's World Chess Championship (scoring 15/19) at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won).

[4][5] After World War II, she won the women's national (West German) championship four times (1949, 1955, 1956 and 1959).

[8] She played thrice for West Germany at first board in Women's Chess Olympiad: Rinder was awarded the WIM title in 1957.

[2][6] She had a son, Gerd (who played chess to a good level and was Bavarian Champion in 1960) and a daughter.