Maria Velcheva

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In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Nikolaeva and the family name is Velcheva.
Maria Velcheva
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Velcheva in 2008
Full nameMaria Nikolaeva Velcheva
Country Bulgaria
Born (1976-10-14) 14 October 1976 (age 45)
Mezdra, Bulgaria
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1999)
FIDE rating2197 (June 2018)
Peak rating2364 (January 2000)

Maria Nikolaeva Velcheva (Bulgarian: Мария Николаева Велчева; born 14 October 1976) is a Bulgarian chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1999. She is a five-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001).

Biography[]

From 1990 to 1996 Maria Velcheva played for Bulgaria at the European Youth Chess Championship and at the World Youth Chess Championship in different age groups, where the best result was shown in 1995 in Holon, when she won the European Girl's Chess Championship in the age group U20. She won five times the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001. Multiple winner of various international chess tournaments, including winning in Pula (1998), in Bucharest (1999) and in women's classification in Biel Chess Festival (2000).

In 2008, in Nalchik Maria Velcheva participated in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008, where in the first round lost Anna Muzychuk.[1]

Played for Bulgaria at eight Women's Chess Olympiads (1996-2010) [2] and five Women's European Team Chess Championships (1999-2007).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "2008 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Maria Velcheva". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Maria Velcheva". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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