Elina Danielian (; born 16 August 1978) is an

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grandmaster and six-time Armenian women's champion (1993, 1994. 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004). She has represented Armenia twelve times during the Women's

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s (1992–2014). She played in the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 5th Women's

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2003. In 2021 she won the

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. Danielian won the World Under-14 Girls Championship in

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1992 and the World Under-16 Girls Championship in

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1993. In 2001, she won the European Women's

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Championship in

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. In October 2010, she was in the top 10 women chess players in the world. In March 2011, she was tied for first place in the

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stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011. Danielian won the bronze medal in the 2011 European Women's Championship in

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, scoring 8/11 points. In May 2019, Elina narrowly defeated grandmaster

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(the reigning women's world blitz champion) in round 1 of the Women's Speed Chess Championship hosted by Chess.com. The match was a combination blitz & bullet format with the first set being 5 minutes with a 1-second increment (5+1), the second set being 3+1, and the final set being 1+1. The match was decided by the final bullet game, as the score was tied leading up to the finale.

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* * * 1978 births Living people Chess players from Baku Armenian female chess players Armenian chess players Chess Grandmasters Female chess grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions European Chess Champions Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors {{Armenia-chess-bio-stub