Gabriele Just
Gabriele Just, née Ortlepp, was a German chess player. She was a three-time winner of the East Germany Women's Chess Championship, and a physician by profession.
Chess career
From the early 1960s to the early 1970s, Just was one of the leading East German chess players. She won the East Germany Women's Chess Championships three times: 1964, 1965, and 1972.She played for East Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 1966, at first reserve board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Oberhausen, winning the team bronze medal and the individual silver medal;
- In 1969, at first reserve board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin ;
- In 1972, at second board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje.
Just is also known as a correspondence chess player. She took part in the 2nd World Correspondence Chess Women's Championship, taking 7th place.