Constanze Jahn

{{short description|German chess player}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Constanze Jahn | image = Jahn,Constanze 2012-04-21 Gladenbach.jpg | caption = Jahn in 2012 | full_name =  | country = East Germany<br />Germany | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|12|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | title = Woman International Master (1991) | worldchampion = | womensworldchampion = | peakrating =2254 (July 2001) | FideID = 4612450  }}

'''Constanze Jahn''' (born 12 January 1963) is a German chess Woman International Master (WIM) (1991).

==Biography== At the 1990s Constanze Jahn was one of the leading female chess players in East Germany. In 1991, in Graz she shared first place with Tatjana Lematschko in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Graz_zt_(Women)_1991|title=Graz zt (Women) 1991|website=365Chess.com}}</ref> In 1991, Jahn participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where ranked 28th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/91wo$iix.htm|title=1991 Subotica Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=Mark-Weeks.com}}</ref> Jahn twice won German Women's Fast Chess Championships: in 1998 and in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teleschach.de/damen/wolfen1998.htm|title=Aktuelles / Deutsche Frauen Schnellschachmeisterschaft 1998 in Wolfen|website=TeleSchach.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.com/aktuelles/dfsm-5.htm|title=Deutsche Frauen Schnellschachmeisterschaft 2005 Halle/Saale|website=TeleSchach.com}}</ref> In 2001, she won the bronze medal in this tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teleschach.de/berichte/dsem2001.htm#tabf|title=Aktuelles / Deutsche Schnellschachmeisterschaft in Halle|website=TeleSchach.de}}</ref> In 1991, she was second in the German Women's Blitz Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teleschach.de/damen/massbach1991.htm |title=Aktuelles / Deutsche Schach Blitzmeisterschaft 1991 in Markt Maßbach|website=TeleSchach.de}}</ref>

Jahn played for Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/66iiq0of.html|title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Constanze Jahn|website=OlimpBase.org}}</ref> * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+3, =4, -3).

She played for Germany in the European Team Chess Championship:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersu/66iiq0of.html|title=European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Constanze Jahn|website=OlimpBase.org}}</ref> * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship (women) in Debrecen (+3, =1, -2).

In 1991, Jahn was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{FIDE}} *{{Chessgames player|51131}} *{{365Chess.com player|Constanze_Jahn}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jahn, Constanze}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:German female chess players Category:German chess players Category:Chess Woman International Masters Category:Chess Olympiad competitors Category:20th-century German sportswomen