Margit Hennings (born 1 March 1943) is an Austrian chess player who three times won the Austrian Women's Chess Championship (1978, 1980, 1982).

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Margit Hennings
Country	Austria
Born	(1943-03-01) 1 March 1943 (age 81)

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From the begin of 1970s to the mid-1980s Margit Hennings was one of the leading Austrian women's chess players. In Austrian Women's Chess Championship she won four medals: three gold (1978,^[1] 1980,^[2] 1982^[3]) and silver (1976^[4]).^[5] In 1978, in Tel Aviv Margit Hennings participated in Women's World Chess Championship West European Zonal tournament.^[6] In 1982, in Bad Kissingen she participated in Women's World Chess Championship Central European Zonal tournament.^[7]

Margit Hennings played for Austria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[8]

• In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+3, =3, -3),
• In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+5, =3, -4),
• In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+5, =3, -5).

Margit Hennings played for Austria in the European Women's Team Chess Championship:^[9]

• In 2003, at first reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Plovdiv (+0, =0, -2).