Adriana Nikolova

Adriana Nikolova (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Адриана Николова; born November 8, 1988) is a Bulgarian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is Bulgaria's newest WGM and her chess club team is Lokomotiv 2000 from Plovdiv,[1] with which she has won three national championships.[2]

Adriana Nikolova
Nikolova competing in the Alois Nagler Memorial, Zürich, Switzerland, 2009
Full nameAdriana Nikolova (Адриана Николова)
Country Bulgaria
Born (1988-11-09) November 9, 1988
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2011)
FIDE rating2296 (January 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating2389 (November 2009)

In November 2008, Nikolova earned the title of Woman International Master (WIM).[3] She has so far represented her country in six major chess championships: the European Team Chess Championship, which was held in Novi Sad in 2009 (scoring 1.5/7 on Board 2),[4] the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (achieving 5/9 on Board 3),[5] the 2011 European Team Chess Championship hosted at the Porto Carras resort in Greece (managing 4.5/7 on Board 4),[6] the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (finishing with 5/9 points on Board 3),[7] the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (securing 6/9 points on Board 3),[8] as well as the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku (her final score being 6/10 on Board 3).[9]

In July 2011, she received a gold medal and an official certificate to honour her achievement in becoming a woman grandmaster.[10] Nikolova also won the 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Women Chess Championship (scoring 9/11).

References
  1. Чепаринов спечели трета титла, Виденова - първа
  2. Интервю с шампионката на България за 2011 г. - гросмайстор Адриана Николова, 1 февруари 2013-та
  3. Nikolova, Adriana, FIDE Title Applications, 79th FIDE Congress, 16–26 November 2008, Dresden, GER
  4. Team-Composition for federation BUL, 17th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2009, chess-results.com
  5. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  6. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 18th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2011, http://euro2011.chessdom.com/
  7. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women Archived August 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  8. Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 41st Olympiad Tromsø 2014 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  9. Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  10. Утре слагат шампионската корона на Адриана Николова
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