Iozefina Werle ( Păuleţ, born 19 February 1989) is a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player (since 2012) who holds the

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of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2009).

Biography

Păuleţ repeatedly represented Romania at the

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 t ...

s and

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s in different age groups, where she won two medals: gold (in 2002, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group) and silver (in 2006, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 girls age group). In 2002, she won European Youth Fast Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group. Păuleţ three times participated in the European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championships (2004-2007), where she won gold (2007) and silver (2006) medals in team scoring, as well as bronze (2007) medal in individual scoring. She is a three-time winner of medals in the Romanian Women's Chess Championship: two silver (2008, 2010) and bronze (2009). Păuleţ played for Romania 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 ...

: * In 2008, at fourth board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =3, -1). She played for Romania and Netherlands 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 2007, at fourth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+6, =1, -2), * In 2017, at fourth board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =2, -3). In 2005, Păuleţ was awarded the FIDE

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 ...

(WIM) title and received the FIDE

Woman Grandmaster 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 ...

(WGM) title four years later. She currently lives in the

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and married Dutch chess Grandmaster Jan Werle on 7 September 2019.English translation

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