Elina Groberman (born 16 February 1983) is a

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-born

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chess player who holds the

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of Woman International Master (WIM, 2000). She is a co-winner of the

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(2000).

Biography

In 1995, she moved to the United States with her family. Groberman won the

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Women's Chess Championships three years in a row (1996-1998). In 1998, she won the Pan American Youth Girl's Chess Championship in the U18 age group. Three times she participated in the World Junior Chess Championship (1997-1999). In 2000, Groberman shared first place with

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in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship. In 2001, Elina Groberman participated in

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system and in the first round lost to

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. In 2000, she was awarded the FIDE

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(WIM) title. Later, Groberman rarely participated in chess tournaments. She graduated from the

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and worked for

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Inc.

Literature

* Игорь Бердичевский. Шахматная еврейская энциклопедия. Москва: Русский шахматный дом, 2016 (Igor Berdichevsky. The Chess Jewish Encyclopedia. Moscow: Russian Chess House, 2016)

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* * * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Chișinău American female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni 21st-century American women {{US-chess-bio-stub