Margarita Voyska ( bg, Маргарита Войска; born April 3, 1963, Sofia) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

n chess player. She has won the Women's

Bulgarian Chess Championship The Bulgarian Chess Championship is an event inaugurated in 1933 to crown the best chess player in Bulgaria. The championship has been held on a nearly annual basis since, with only a few years missed. In recent years some of the very best Bulgaria ...

11 times. She has competed for the

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 ...

several times, and has competed in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

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 The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60+) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The ...

in 2013.

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Margarita Voiska
chess games and profile at chess-db.com

chess games on

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Living people Bulgarian female chess players Bulgarian chess players 1963 births Chess players from Sofia Chess woman grandmasters {{Bulgaria-chess-bio-stub