# Edith Soppe

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**Edith Soppe** (10 August 1961 – 22 November 2005) was an [Argentine](/source/Argentina) chess player. She received the [FIDE title](/source/FIDE_title) of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1978 and was a three-time winner of the [Argentine Women's Chess Championship](/source/Argentine_Chess_Championship) (1979, 1980, 1981).

## Biography

From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Soppe was one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. She three time in row won Argentine Women's Chess Championships: 1979, 1980 and 1981. In 1978, she shared the first place with [Berna Carrasco](/source/Berna_Carrasco) in FIDE South America Zonal Tournament and was awarded the FIDE [Woman International Master](/source/Woman_International_Master) (WIM) title.[1] In 1979, in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), Soppe participated at [Interzonal Tournament](/source/Women's_World_Chess_Championship_1981) and ranked 15th place.[2]

Soppe played for Argentina in the [Women's Chess Olympiads](/source/Women's_Chess_Olympiad):[3]

- In 1976, at second board in the [7th Chess Olympiad (women)](/source/22nd_Chess_Olympiad) in [Haifa](/source/Haifa) (+3, =3, -3),
- In 1978, at first board in the [8th Chess Olympiad (women)](/source/23rd_Chess_Olympiad) in [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) (+6, =1, -6),
- In 1980, at first board in the [9th Chess Olympiad (women)](/source/24th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Valletta](/source/Valletta) (+4, =9, -0),
- In 1982, at first board in the [10th Chess Olympiad (women)](/source/25th_Chess_Olympiad) in [Lucerne](/source/Lucerne) (+6, =4, -3).

She left the tournaments to dedicate herself to her family and had two children. She also stood out as a teacher and leader. In the Luz y Fuerza School she formed a large number of chess players (among them two champions of [Córdoba](/source/C%C3%B3rdoba_Province,_Argentina)). She had an outstanding participation in the creation of the Chess Association of the Córdoba Province (AACC).[4]

She died on 22 November 2005, at the age of 44.

Since 2012, chess tournaments have been played in Soppe's memory.[5][6]

## References

1. ["Brasília 1978 - 10° Torneio Zonal Sulamericano Feminino"](http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/wcg1978z.htm) [Brasília 1978 - 10th Women's South American Zonal Tournament] (in Brazilian Portuguese). *BrasilBase.pro.br*. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. ["1979 Rio de Janeiro Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)"](http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/79wo2iix.htm). *Mark-Weeks.com*. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. Bartelski, Wojciech. ["Women's Chess Olympiads :: Edith Soppe"](http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/919ft1hc.html). *OlimpBase.org*. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. ["6 años sin Edith. Acto Homenaje."](http://escueladeajedrezluzyfuerza.blogspot.com/2011/11/6-anos-sin-edith-acto-homenaje.html) [6 years without Edith. Act of Honor.] (in Brazilian Portuguese). *Escuela de Ajedrez*. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. ["Ajedrez: se viene el IRT Memorial Edith Soppe"](http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/y-mas/ajedrez-se-viene-el-irt-memorial-edith-soppe) [Ajedrez: come to the IRT Memorial Edith Soppe] (in Brazilian Portuguese). *La Voz*. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

1. ["Claudia Amura wins Edith Soppe Memorial"](http://www.chessdom.com/claudia-amura-wins-edith-soppe-memorial/). *Chessdom.com*. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

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