Jutta Hempel, Date of Birth

    

Jutta Hempel

german chess player

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1960

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jutta Hempel

  • Jutta Hempel (born September 27, 1960 in Flensburg) is a German former chess prodigy.
  • Hempel showed remarkable aptitude for the game at a young age - by age three she could watch a game of chess and replay it from memory, and by age four she was playing competitively at the Youth Center in Flensburg.
  • By the age of five, Hempel was the top junior player in Flensburg.
  • On her sixth birthday, Hempel performed the impressive feat of scoring 9.5-2.5 in a four-hour simultaneous exhibition.
  • In her next simultaneous exhibition, which took place in the town square, Hempel won with a decisive 9-1 score.
  • Hempel won the Flensburg junior championship at age seven.
  • She also played six games of simultaneous blindfold chess.
  • When she was eight years old, Hempel continued to give simultaneous exhibitions, some of which were broadcast on television.
  • At the age of nine, Hempel managed to win a chess problem solving contest.
  • Perhaps her most impressive accomplishment was her two draws against International Master Jens Enevoldsen at age 9.As an adult, Hempel attended business school in Kiel and worked for a bank for a time.
  • She married in 1986 and declined to pursue a career in chess.

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