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Women's World Chess Championship 1996
The 1996 Women's World Chess Championship was won by Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar, who defeated the incumbent champion Xie Jun in the title match. Polgar was seeking American Citizenship at the time. 1993 Interzonal Tournament As part of the qualification process, an Interzonal tournament was held in Jakarta in July and August 1993, featuring the best players from each FIDE zone. 39 players took part with the top seven qualifying for the Candidates Tournament (Sofieva was eliminated after a playoff against Cramling and Foisor). For the second time, the Interzonal was played as a 13-round Swiss system tournament. : Starr forfeited her last round game, so no bye was needed for that round. 1994–95 Candidates Tournament The seven qualifiers from the Interzonal Tournament were joined by the two finalists from the previous tournament, Ioseliani and Polgar. These nine players contested a double round-robin tournament in Tilburg in September 1994, from which the top two would advance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE. Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, where competition is either "mixed" (containing everyone) or split into men and women, in chess women are both allowed to compete in the "open" division (including the World Chess Championship) yet also have a separate Women's Championship (only open to women). History Era of Menchik The Women's World Championship was established by FIDE in 1927 as a single tournament held alongside the Chess Olympiad. The winner of that tournament, Vera Menchik, did not have any special rights as the men's champion did—instead she had to defend her title by playing as many games as all the challengers. She did this successfully in every other championship in her lifetime (1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937 and 1939). Dominance of the Soviet Union players (1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qin Kanying
Qin Kanying (; born 2 February 1974) is a Chinese chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a former Women's World Chess Championship runner-up and five-time Chinese women's champion. Career Qin Kanying won the Women's Chinese Chess Championship in 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2004. She finished sixth at the 1991 Women's Interzonal Tournament in Subotica to qualify for the 1992 Women's Candidates Tournament, held in Shanghai. In this latter event she placed fifth out of nine participants. Qin reached the final of the Women's World Chess Championship 2000 in New Delhi after she sequentially knocked out Masha Klinova, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska, Corina Peptan and Alisa Marić. In the final she faced defending champion Xie Jun, who retained her title by winning 2½-1½ in a four-game match. Also in 2000, Qin finished second in the Asian Women's Championship in Udaipur. Qin played on the Chinese team at the Women's Chess Olympia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliya Levitan
Yuliya Levitan (born 12 June 1973) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1992). Biography In 1989, Levitan won the USSR Girl's Chess Championship in the U16 age group. She represented the Soviet Union in 1990 in the U18 Girls World Championship in Singapore where shared 4th-6th place. In 1991, Levitan moved to the United States. In 1992, she shared the 3rd-4th place in U.S. Women's Chess Championship and shared first place with Irina Levitina at the International Women's Chess tournament in New York. In 1993, Levitan participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta where ranked 25th place. Levitan played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+5, =3, -2). In 1992, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 2014, Levitan became an Association of Chess Professionals Board Member. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienn Csőke
Adrienn Csőke (born 23 February 1973) is a Hungarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1993). Biography Csőke represented Hungary in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. In 1991, in 9th World Girls' Junior Chess Championship she ranked 5th place. In 1993, in 11th World Girls' Junior Chess Championship she ranked 6th place. In 1993, Adrienn Csőke participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta where she ranked 24th place. She played for team Hungary-3 in the European Team Chess Championship: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship (women) in Debrecen (+1, =3, -1). In 1993, Csőke was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Khurtsidze
Nino Khurtsidze (28 September 1975 – 22 April 2018) was a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1993 and International Master (IM) in 1999. She won the World Girls U-20 Chess Championship in 1993 and 1995. Khurtsidze also won the World Girls U-16 Chess Championship of 1991 in Guarapuava, Brazil, the European U-20 Girls Championship in 1992, the absolute Georgian Chess Championship in 1998 and the women's Georgian championship five times (in 1989, 1993, 2005, 2006 and 2013). She took part in the Women's Interzonal Tournament in 1993 in Jakarta, Indonesia and 1995 in Chişinău, Moldova. These events were part of the Women's World Chess Championship cycle of 1996 and 1999 respectively. In 1998 she won in Rotterdam the Women's championship for Universities, organised by the FISU. Khurtsidze competed in the Women's World Championship held with the knockout format in 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015 and 2017. Her best res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatjana Shumiakina
Tatiana Shumiakina (russian: Татьяна Анатольевна Шумякина; born 4 October 1965) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1994). Chess career In 1990 Shumiakina won a bronze medal in USSR Women's Chess Championship. In 2000 she won Russia Women's Chess Cup. Won multiple international women's chess tournaments: Prešov (1988), Chelyabinsk (1990), Timișoara (1994) Bucharest (1994, together with Elena-Luminiţa Cosma). Shumiakina twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments where in 1993 in Jakarta and in 1995 in Chişinău she ranked 22nd place. In 2001 Tatiana Shumiakina participated in Women's World Chess Championship 2001 by knock-out and in the first round lost to Elina Danielian. Shumiakina played for Russia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+5, =3, -4), * In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Marić
Mirjana Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Марић ; born January 10, 1970, in New York City) is an American-born Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She lives in Belgrade, capital of Serbia (former Yugoslavia), and has a dual Serbian and US citizenship. Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-older twin sister Alisa Marić. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with grandmaster titles in the history of modern chess. At an early age, she shared 1-3 place in the World Youth Chess Championship U16 in France 1984 (bronze medal), and won the same competition in Israel in 1985. Marić was twice Yugoslav Chess Champion, sharing first place with Suzana Maksimovic in 1991. and winning alone in 1993. She played three times for Yugoslavia on Chess Olympiads, in Novi Sad 1990 (2nd team), in Moscow 1994 and Yerevan 1996. FIDE has awarded her with the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 1988 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoja Lelchuk
Zoya Schleining (née Lelchuk, born 6 September 1961), is a Ukraine-born German chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM, 2016). Biography She participated six times in the USSR Women's Chess Championship finals (1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989). The best result was achieved in 1986 when she shared the 4th-5th place. In 1984, in Tallinn she won the USSR Trade Union Women's Chess Championship. In 1986, she won Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship. In 1990, she won International Women's Chess tournaments in Dresden and Moscow. After dissolution of the Soviet Union from 1992 to 2000 she represented Ukraine, but since 2000 she represent Germany. In 1995 she won again in tournament in Dresden. In 2014, she won the German Women's Fast Chess Championship, but in 2015 in Bad Wiessee she was the best in German Women's Chess Championship. Zoya Schleining two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1987, at Interzonal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Kryukova
Irina Viktorovna Kryukova (russian: Ирина Викторовна Крюкова; born 18 May 1968), Kulish, is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2001). Biography In the early and mid-1990s, Irina Kryukova was among the leading female chess players in Russia. In 1994, she won silver medal in Russian Women's Chess Championship behind Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. Irina Kryukova two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1993, at Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta ranked 19th place; * In 1995, at Interzonal Tournament in Chişinău ranked 38th place. Irina Kryukova played for Russia-2 team in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+5, =5, -2). In 1993, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title eight year later. Also Kryukova received FIDE International Arbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anda Šafranska
Anda Šafranska (born December 2, 1960, in Riga) is a Latvian-born chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. Anda Šafranska for many years was one of the best women's chess players in Latvia. She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women eight times: 1982, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1997. Šafranska played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads: * In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad in Manila (+6, =0, -6); * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =3, -5); * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad in Yerevan (+6, =4, -4); * In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+1, =1, -4). She played for Latvia in European Team Chess Championship: * In 1992, at second board in Debrecen (+2, =2, -3); * In 1994, at first board in Pula (+3, =1, -3). Since 2000 Šafranska lives in Léon, France, and she now plays for France. Šafranska played for France in World Team Chess Championship: * In 2013, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Voiska
Margarita Voyska ( bg, Маргарита Войска; born April 3, 1963, Sofia) is a Bulgarian chess player. She has won the Women's Bulgarian Chess Championship 11 times. She has competed for the Women's World Chess Championship several times, and has competed in the Women's Chess Olympiad in total 19 times between 1980-2016 which is the women's record in number of times one has participated in the Chess Olympiads. She was in the Bulgarian team that won the silver medal in 1984. She won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in 2013. References External links *Margarita Voiskachess games and profile at chess-db.comchess games on chessgames.com Chessgames.com is an Internet chess community with over 224,000 members. The site maintains a large database of chess games, where each game has its own discussion page for comments and analysis. Limited primarily to games where at least one pla ... Living people Bulgarian female chess players Bulgarian chess pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Demina
Julia Demina (born February 3, 1969) is a Russian chess player. She has won the Women's Russian Chess Championship twice, the Soviet championship once before, and competed for the Women's World Chess Championship several times. Demina earned the title of Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... in 1991. References External links * chess games entry Living people 1969 births Russian female chess players Russian chess players Chess woman grandmasters Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg {{Russia-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
