Myrta Ludwig

Myrta Ludwig (1928 - 18 November 2003) was a Swiss chess player who three times won the Swiss Women's Chess Championship (1969, 1977, 1978).

Myrta Ludwig
Country	Switzerland
Born	1928 Zürich, Switzerland
Died	(2003-11-18)18 November 2003

Biography

Ludwig learned to play chess from her father. Her first chess club was the Schachclub Oerlikon, which she did not join until the age of 28.^[1] Myrta Ludwig won the Swiss Women's Chess Championships in 1969 in Lucerne, in 1977 in Muttenz and in 1978 in St. Moritz.^[2]

Ludwig played for Switzerland in the Women's Chess Olympiad:^[3]

• In 1976, at first reserve board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =1, -2).

Ludwig passed away in 2003 after a long illness. Her husband also played chess. Her daughter, Silvia Faust-Ludwig, is also a chess player.