Stavroula Tsolakidou

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Stavroula Tsolakidou
Stavroula Tsolakidou, 2016
CountryGreece
Born24 March 2000 (2000-03-24) (age 24)
Kavala, Greece
Title
FIDE rating2424 (April 2024)
Peak rating2438 (May 2019)

Stavroula Tsolakidou (Greek: Σταυρούλα Τσολακίδου, born 24 March 2000) is a Greek chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

Chess career[edit]

Tsolakidou was born in Kavala, northern Greece, on 24 March 2000. She won the World U14 Girls' Chess Championship in 2013, earning her Woman FIDE Master title in the process.[1][2] She was awarded her Woman International Master title in 2014,[3] and won the World U16 Girls' Championship in 2015. In 2016, she earned her Woman Grandmaster title,[4] and won the World U18 Girls' Championship. She was awarded her International Master title in April 2018.[5]

In May 2018 she won the Italian Women's Team Championship with the Caissa Italia team, playing two games and winning both.[6]

She is the No. 1 ranked Greek female player as of May 2018.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stavroula Tsolakidou: the new world champion in chess". TOC. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met World U14 Champion Stavroula Tsolakidou". Chess Dom. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ^ 4th quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 7-10 November 2014, Sochi, RUS FIDE
  4. ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2016, 27-30 March, Moscow, Russia FIDE
  5. ^ 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus FIDE
  6. ^ Tsolakidou Stavroula in 11° Campionato Italiano a Squadre Femminile by Chess-Results
  7. ^ Staff writer(s) (May 2018). "Federations Ranking - Greece (Active players) Only Women". FIDE.

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