Olga Alexandrova (born 28 January 1978) is a

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-born

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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 disti ...

player who holds the

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of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She is

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to Spanish Grandmaster

Miguel Illescas Miguel Illescas Córdoba (born December 3, 1965 in Barcelona) is a Spanish chess grandmaster. Chess career Illescas was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scienti ...

. This resulted in an awkward situation in the final round of the 2011 Spanish championship, when the couple found themselves paired against each other with the national title at stake. They agreed a quick draw, allowing

Alvar Alonso Rosell Alvar Alonso Rosell (born 13 September 1992 in Figueres, Girona) is a Spanish chess Grandmaster. He is ranked 10th best chess player in Spain. He was champion of Spain in 2011, surpassing the player Miguel Illescas. Alonso Rosell also won o ...

to catch Illescas and claim the title on tie-break. She has won the women's

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in 2004, and the women's

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in 2013. She has competed twice in the Women's World Chess Championship.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexandrova, Olga 1978 births Living people Ukrainian female chess players Ukrainian chess players Spanish female chess players Chess International Masters Chess woman grandmasters Place of birth missing (living people)