Maka Purtseladze ( ka, მაკა ფურცელაძე; born 18 February 1988) is a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

n chess player. She received the

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of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM) in 2005.

Biography

From 1997 to 2006, Maka Purtseladze represented Georgia in the

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

s and

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s, in which she won five medals: gold (in 2005, in World Youth Chess Championship in the U18 girls group), 2 silver (in 2003, in the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls group and in 2005, in European Junior Chess Championship in the U18 girls group) and 2 bronzes (in 2004, in World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls group and in the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls group). In 2005, she shared with

Sopiko Khukhashvili Sopiko Khukhashvili (born 4 January 1985) is a Georgian chess player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. Khukhashvili won the Girls U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championships twice, in 1999 and 2000. She ...

the first place in the Georgian Junior Chess Championship in the U20 girls group. In 2006, she shared with

Lela Javakhishvili Lela Javakhishvili (born 23 April 1984) is a Georgian chess player who holds the titles of International master and Woman Grandmaster. She has won the Georgian women's chess championship twice, and competed in the Women's World Chess Champions ...

and Maia Lomineishvili 3rd place in the Georgian Women's Chess Championship after winners

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

Nana Dzagnidze Nana Dzagnidze ( ka, ნანა ძაგნიძე; born 1 January 1987) is a Georgian chess player. She was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2008. Dzagnidze was a member of the gold medal-winning Georg ...

. Four times participated in

European Individual Chess Championship The European Individual Chess Championship is a chess tournament organised by the European Chess Union. It was established in 2000 and has since then taken place on a yearly basis. Apart from determining the European champions (open and women's), ...

s (2005, 2010-2011, 2013), which best result achieved in 2005 in Chişinău, where having taken the 16th place and qualifying for the Women's World Chess Championship. In 2006, Purtseladze participated in

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, wher ...

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system and in the first round lost to

Alisa Galliamova Alisa Mikhailovna Galliamova (russian: Алиса Михайловна Галлямова, tt-Cyrl, Алисә Михаил кызы Галләмова; born 18 January 1972 in Kazan) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Inte ...

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