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In chess there is now a female grandmaster from Germany
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The best German chess player, Elisabeth Pähtz, will in future be the first German to hold the title of Grand Master in chess.
The 36-year-old Berliner by choice came second in the World Cup qualifiers in Riga on Sunday.
For this she not only received $ 15,250 in prize money, but also secured a third title norm for grandmaster.
She had already won the lower-ranking title of women's grandmaster at the age of 16.
Twenty years later, she is now the first German and fortieth woman in the world to be awarded the highest lifetime title in chess.
Against the Kazakh Bibisara Assaubajewa Pähtz got the necessary victory in the last round and then spoke of the "tournament of my life".
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