Catharina Roodzant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Catharina Roodzant

Dutch chess player

Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1896

Place of Birth: Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 24-Feb-1999

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Catharina (Toos) Roodzant (née Glimmerveen) (21 October 1896, Rotterdam – 24 February 1999) was a Dutch female chess master.She won thrice the female Dutch Chess Championship (1935, 1936 and 1938).
Roodzant lost a match for the title to Fenny Heemskerk 0.5 : 4.5 in 1937, and lost two matches to Sonja Graf, 0.5 : 3.5 in 1937 and 1 : 3 in 1939, both in Rotterdam. She tied for 10-16th in the 6th Women's World Chess Championship at Stockholm 1937, and tied for 7-8th in the 7th WWCC which took place during the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 (Vera Menchik won both events).