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Antoaneta Stefanova (born April 19, 1979) is a
Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion.
She
became the twelfth holder of that title in 2004 in a 64-player
knockout tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia under the auspices of FIDE.
Stefanova was
born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her passion for chess was
first inflamed when she was just four years old, receiving her first lessons
from her own father, Andon Stefanov, himself a designing artist.
At the age
of seven, Stefanova became a Sofia
champion for Women. In 1989,
Stefanova swept the world chess crown for kids in Aguadilla
(Puerto Rico) and later -1992 triumphed in the
under-14 championship.
In 1997
Stefanova's FIDE rating broke into the top ten of women worldwide. Also she
earned the title of Grandmaster in June 2003. She has played for Bulgaria in ten Chess Olympiads so far, starting
in Manila, the Philippines, in 1992 when she was
just 13.
In 2000, the
national selector promoted her to the Bulgarian men's team for the Istanbul
Olympiad.
Silver medalist
from the World Cup in Hyderabad(India)-2002.
She was
second in the Women`s Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar half a point behind of the
winner Hou Yifan.
European
Women Champion-Varna(Bulgaria),got
also 2 silver and one bronze medals from European chamionships,including the
Silver from this year European Women Championship,Tbilisi 2011.
Winner of
the 1st World Mind Sports Games-Rapid in China,2008
Education:Master
degree in Finance
Interviews:
http://jermuk2010.fide.com/54.html
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