Nieves García Vicente (born 23 July 1955) is a Spanish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player who holds the title of

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 generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...

(WIM, 1978). She is an eleven time Spanish Women's Chess Champion (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003).

Biography

From the mid-1970s to the beginning of the 2000s, García Vicente was one of Spanish leading women chess players. In the Spanish Women's Chess Championships she won eleven gold (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003) and six silver medals (1976, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2007). In 1979 and 1981, she won twice in International Women's chess tournaments in Biele. García Vicente twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

, in

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she shared the 9th-10th the place, but in 1982, in

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she shared the 4th-6th the place with grandmasters

Elena Akhmilovskaya Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (born ''Elena Bronislavovna Akhmilovskaya'', russian: Елена Брониславовна Ахмыловская; 11 March 1957 – 18 November 2012) was a Soviet-born American chess player. She was awarded t ...

and

Nino Gurieli Nino Gurieli ( ka, ნინო გურიელი; born December 7, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1997 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1980. She is a descendant of the noble fami ...

. Nieves García Vicente played for Spain 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 ...

s: * In 1974, at first reserve board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in Medellín (+2, =3, -2), * In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

(+8, =3, -0) and won the team bronze medal and the individual silver medal, * In 1978, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+7, =4, -1), * In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =4, -4), * In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+5, =7, -1), * In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

(+5, =5, -1), * In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

(+3, =6, -3), * In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+5, =6, -2), * In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

(+4, =5, -2), * In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Manila Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...

(+2, =7, -2), * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

(+2, =9, -2), * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

(+2, =5, -4), * In 1998, at first board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

Elista Elista (russian: Элиста́, (common during the Soviet era) or (most common pronunciation used after 1992 and in Kalmykia itself);"Большой энциклопедический словарь", под ред. А. М. Прохорова. ...

(+3, =4, -4), * In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =3, -3), * In 2004, at second board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in

Calvià Calvià () is a municipality on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is located in the southwestern part of the island of Majorca, between the Serra de Tramuntana and the Serra de Na Burguesa ...

(+1, =6, -4). Nieves García Vicente played for Spain in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

s: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship (women) in

Debrecen Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and ...

(+2, =4, -2), * In 1997, at first reserve board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Pula (+3, =2, -2), * In 2001, at first board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship (women) in León (+3, =0, -1), * In 2003, at first board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Plovdiv (+3, =1, -1) and won the individual bronze medal. In 1978, she was awarded the FIDE

(WIM) title.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:García Vicente, Nieves 1955 births Living people Spanish female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors