Nieves García Vicente (born 23 July 1955) is a Spanish

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 who holds the title of

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, 1978). She is an eleven time Spanish Women's Chess Champion (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003).

Biography

From the mid-1970s to the beginning of the 2000s, García Vicente was one of Spanish leading women chess players. In the Spanish Women's Chess Championships she won eleven gold (1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2003) and six silver medals (1976, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2007). In 1979 and 1981, she won twice in International Women's chess tournaments in Biele. García Vicente twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments in

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which held in

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. She shared the 9th-10th place, but in

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, in

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she shared the 4th-6th place with grandmasters

Elena Akhmilovskaya Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (born ''Elena Bronislavovna Akhmilovskaya'', ; 11 March 1957 – 18 November 2012) was a Soviet-born American chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. She won the Women Can ...

and

Nino Gurieli Nino Gurieli ( ka, ნინო გურიელი; born December 7, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) in 1997 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1980. She is a descendant of the noble fami ...

. Nieves García Vicente played for Spain in the

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s: * In 1974, at first reserve board in the 6th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =3, -2), * In 1976, at second board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+8, =3, -0) and won the team bronze medal and the individual silver medal, * In 1978, at first board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+7, =4, -1), * In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =4, -4), * In 1982, at first board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =7, -1), * In 1984, at first board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =5, -1), * In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =6, -3), * In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+5, =6, -2), * In 1990, at first board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =5, -2), * In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =7, -2), * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =9, -2), * In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+2, =5, -4), * In 1998, at first board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =4, -4), * In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =3, -3), * In 2004, at second board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =6, -4). Nieves García Vicente played for Spain in the

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s: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+2, =4, -2), * In 1997, at first reserve board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =2, -2), * In 2001, at first board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship (women) in León (+3, =0, -1), * In 2003, at first board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+3, =1, -1) and won the individual bronze medal. In 1978, she was awarded the FIDE

(WIM) title.

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