"Rixi" Markus MBE was an Austrian and British international contract bridge player. She won five world titles, and was the first woman to become a World Grand Master within the World Bridge Federation. "In a 60-year career", Alan Truscott wrote in a bridge column 15 weeks after her death, "she had far more victories with partners of assorted nationalities than anyone else has ever had." She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to bridge in the 1975 Birthday Honours.
The victorious Austrian ladies' team at the 1937 World Championship: Rixi Scharfstein top left. Other members, from left: Marianne Boschan, Gertie Brunner, Ethel Ernst, Elizabeth Klauber, Gertie Schlesinger (seated).
Gura Humorului is a town in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina.
View from Gura Humorului's town center (August 2010)
Austrian KK postal card mailed from Gurahumora in 1878.
Panoramic view of the town
The Town Hall