Merete Haahr

Merete Haahr was a Danish chess player, Danish Women's Chess Championship eight-times winner.

Biography

From the early 1950s to the mid-1980s, Merete Haahr was one of the leading chess players in the Denmark. Eight times she won the Danish Women's Chess Championships: 1952, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1970 and 1975. She sixth times participated in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournaments: 1963, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1982 and 1987.
Merete Haahr played for Denmark in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

In 1957, at second board in the 1st Chess Olympiad (women) in Emmen,
In 1969, at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin,
In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa,
In 1978, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires,
In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta,
In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki.

Merete Haahr played for Denmark in the Nordic Chess Cups:

In 1971, at sixth board in the 2nd Nordic Chess Cup in Großenbrode and won team silver medal,
In 1972, at sixth board in the 3rd Nordic Chess Cup in Großenbrode and won team silver medal,
In 1973, at fifth board in the 4th Nordic Chess Cup in Ribe and won team gold medal.