Zahira El Ghabi is a
Moroccan Woman FIDE master
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(WFM, 2005).
Chess career
In the early 2000s, she was one of the leading Moroccan chess players. In 2000, Zahira El Ghabi participated in
Women's World Chess Championship
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Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...
by
knock-out
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system and in the first round lost to
Julia Demina
Julia Demina (born February 3, 1969) is a Russian chess player. She has won the Women's Russian Chess Championship twice, the Soviet championship once before, and competed for the Women's World Chess Championship several times. Demina earned the ...
.
Zahira El Ghabi played for Morocco 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 2000, at first reserve board in the
34th Chess Olympiad (women) in
Istanbul
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(+6, =1, -0) and won individual gold medal.
Since 2006 she rarely participated in chess tournaments.
References
External links
Zahira El Ghabichess games at 365Chess.com
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Living people
Moroccan chess players
1981 births
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess Woman FIDE Masters
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