Marie Jeanne Frigard

Marie Jeanne Stein (née Frigard; 30 October 1904 – unknown) was a French chess master and classical violinist. She was four-times French Women's Chess Champion (1924, 1925, 1926, 1927).[2] She was a first Women's World Chess Championship participant (1927).

Marie Jeanne Frigard
CountryFrance
Born30 October 1904[1]
Grimaud, France
Diedunknown

Biography

In 1924, in Paris, Frigard after play-off won first French Women's Chess Championship.[3] She three times repeated this success, moreover she two times took the second place in these tournaments, but became the champion, because the winner did not have French citizenship. In 1925 and 1927 such a chess player turned out to be Paulette Schwartzmann.[4][5][6] In 1924, in Westende she ranked 2nd in International Women's amateur chess tournament.[7] In 1927 she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship in London and shared 9th - 11th place (tournament won by Vera Menchik).[8] After 1927 she rarely participated in chess tournaments.

Marie Jeanne Frigard played violin from the age of seven. In 1920s and 1930s she was a famous classical violinist. In 1928, she was the first violin of the Saint-Denis Orchestra took part in guest performances in Canada.[9]

During the occupation of France, Frigard lived in Nice, where she was deported in 1943 or 1944.[10][11] From 15 September 1944 to 23 March 1945, she worked at a Nazi labor camp in Dresden making radios.[1]

References
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  2. "Championnes de France - Collection de jeux d'échecs CCIFrance". ccifrance.com.
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  4. "Champ Fem 1925". heritageechecsfra.free.fr.
  5. "Champ Fem 1926". heritageechecsfra.free.fr.
  6. "Champ Fem 1927". heritageechecsfra.free.fr.
  7. "Belgian Chess History » International amateur tournament, Westende".
  8. "1927–39 Title Tournaments : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  9. "N N E E C A N A D I E N N E F R A N Ç A I S E - PDF". docplayer.fr.
  10. "Genealogy - Collaborative Indexes - Alpes Maritimes - Nice - Other Indexes - Geneanet". en.geneanet.org.
  11. "Deportation". niceoccupation.free.fr.


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