Ana Filipa Neto Sintra Baptista (born 24 January 1990) is a
Portuguese chess
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player who holds the title of
Woman FIDE Master
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(WFM, 2007). She is a three-time winner the
Portuguese Women Chess Championship (2008, 2009, 2015).
Chess career
In 2003, in
Graz
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, she won the
European Communities
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Girls' Chess Championship in the U14 age group.
In Portuguese women's chess championships Baptista won three gold (2007/08, 2008/09, 2015/16), and three bronze (2000/01, 2001/02, 2006/07) medals.
Baptista played for Portugal in the
Women's Chess Olympiads:
* In 2004, at first reserve board in the
36th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Calvià (+4, =2, -3),
* In 2006, at first reserve board in the
37th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Turin
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(+3, =4, -2),
* In 2008, at third board in the
38th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Dresden
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(+7, =2, -2),
* In 2012, at third board in the
40th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Istanbul
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(+4, =0, -4),
* In 2016, at first board in the
42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in
Baku
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(+3, =1, -4).
References
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1990 births
Living people
Portuguese chess players
Chess Woman FIDE Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors