Iris Mai | |
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 Iris Mai in 2012 | |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | (1962-09-17)17 September 1962 (age 62) Halle (Saale), Germany |
| Title | Woman International Master (1986) |
| Peak rating | 2225 (January 1987) |
Iris Mai (néeBröder; born 17 September 1962) is a GermanchessWoman International Master (1986) who three times wonEast Germany Women's Chess Championship (1982, 1984, 1987).
Iris Bröder began her chess career in theBSG Buna Halle and, at the age of 15, took part in anEast Germany Women's Chess Championship for the first time in 1978 inTorgelow.Petra Feustel won this championship.[1]
She won East Germany Girl's Chess Championship in 1977 and 1980. Her trainer wasUwe Bönsch. Their game against men and recreational sports were important. In 1981 she achieved the sports badge in gold. She was also interested in good literature and music.[2] In July 1986 she won the women's tournament inNałęczów, Poland, and thus got her third Woman International Master norm.[3] She then received theWoman International Master title fromFIDE.
After the East Germany Women's Chess Championship in 1978 she was 3rd in 1979 inSuhl and played (except 1985) in all East Germany Women's Chess Championships until 1989 inZittau. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships in 1982 inSalzwedel, in 1984 inEilenburg and in 1987 inGlauchau. She took second place three times: 1981 inFürstenwalde[4] and 1983 inCottbus behindAnnett Wagner-Michel and 1986 inNordhausen behindCarola Manger.
In 1981 in Halle she finished second behindBrigitte Burchardt in the East Germany Women's Blitz Championship.[5]
In 1979 and 1981 she twice won the East Germany Women's Blitz Team Championship with theBSG Buna Halle-Neustadt chess club.[6]
In the first German Women's Chess Bundesliga she played from 1991 to 1998 for theUSV Halle (until 1993VdS Buna Halle), where she played in the Chess Bundesliga season 1991/92 was also registered as a reserve player in the 1st Bundesliga, but was not used. From 1998 to 2004 she played forSSV Rotation Berlin (except in the 2000/01 season also in the 1st Women's Chess Bundesliga), since 2004 she has been playing forRotation Pankow, a spin-off fromSSV Rotation Berlin, who played in the 1st Women's Chess Bundesliga from 2004 to 2007 and in the 2008/09 and 2011/12 seasons.[7]
Since the East Germany Women's Chess Championship in 1989 she has been playing under the name Iris Mai.