Silje Bjerke (born 15 July 1982) is a Norwegian chess player and magazine editor. She holds the title

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 and ...

, and has competed for Norway in the Women's Chess Olympiad seven times.

Biography

Born on 15 July 1982, Bjerke achieved the title

Woman FIDE Master A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

in 2006, and was awarded the

title in 2009. She has represented Norway in seven Women's Chess Olympiads, in

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

and

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

. From 2009 to 2013 she was running the chess company Sjakkhuset, along with

Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen (born 1 March 1979 in Røyken) is a Norwegian chess player. He achieved the title International Master in 2008, and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2015. Chess career Hansen was the first coach of later World ...

and . She edited the periodical '' Norsk Sjakkblad'' from 2009 to 2014. She was licensed FIDE National Arbiter in 2016.

References

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* 1982 births Living people Norwegian female chess players Norwegian chess players Chess Woman International Masters Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian chess writers Chess Olympiad competitors {{Norway-chess-bio-stub