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Antoaneta Stefanova
Sunday, 31 July 2011

 

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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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