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 (+7−0=2), winning the team bronze medal and the individual silver medal; • In 1969, at first reserve board in the
4th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Lublin (+3−3=2); • In 1972, at second board in the
5th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Skopje (+4−3=3). In the German Chess Women's Bundesliga, Just represented
Leipzig chess club
Leipzig 1899 from 1991 to 1996. In 1996, she won the German Open Senior Women's Chess Championship. Just is also known as a
correspondence chess player. She took part in the
2nd World Correspondence Chess Women's Championship (1972–1977), taking 7th place. ==Medical career==