Melissa Greeff
| Melissa Greeff | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Africa |
| Born | 15 April 1994 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) |
| Peak rating | 2126 (February 2013) |
Melissa Greeff (born 15 April 1994) is a South African chess player who hols the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2009).
Biography[]
In 2007, in Windhoek, Melissa ranked 5th in the African Women's Chess Championship.[1] In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place.[2] Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in Tripoli.[3] In 2010, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Humpy Koneru.[4] In 2011, in Maputo, she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship.[5]
Melissa Greeff played for South Africa:
- in the Women's Chess Olympiad participated 3 times (2008-2012);[6]
- in the All-Africa Games chess tournament participated in 2007 and won team silver medal.[7]
In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and then received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.
Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied at the University of Toronto, and later continued her work there.[8]
References[]
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 4th African Women's Chess Championship, Windhoek 2007". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Greeff, Melissa". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 5th African Women's Chess Championship, Tripoli 2009". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "2010 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: 6th African Women's Chess Championship, Maputo 2011". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melissa Greeff". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: All-Africa Games (chess - women) :: Melissa Greeff". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "Melissa Greeff - Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto".
External links[]
- Melissa Greeff rating card at FIDE
- Melissa Greeff player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Melissa Greeff chess games at 365Chess.com
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- South African female chess players
- Chess woman grandmasters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- African Games medalists in chess
- University of Toronto alumni
- Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- African Games silver medalists for South Africa