Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky
| Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky | |
|---|---|
 Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky in Vietnam in February 2007 | |
| Country | Vietnam Australia |
| Born | 24 February 1974 Vietnam |
| Title | Woman International Master (2001) |
| FIDE rating | 2168 (July 2006) |
| Peak rating | 2183 (January 2003) |
Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (born Phan Huỳnh Băng Ngân; 24 February 1974) is a Vietnamese-Australian chess player holding the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She is now known as Ngan Nadalin.
Chess career
[edit]Phan-Koshnitsky represented Vietnam in two Women's Chess Olympiads, in 1990 and 1992, and Australia in five Olympiads between 1996 and 2006.[1]
She won the Australian Women's Championship in 1998.[2] In the same year, she also competed in the Asian Women's Championship in the Genting Highlands, Malaysia, scoring 6/11.[3]
Phan-Koshnitsky won the Oceania Women's Championship held on the Gold Coast, Queensland in April 2001.[4][5] She went on to compete in the Women's World Chess Championship 2001 in Moscow, Russia, where she was eliminated in round 1 by Almira Skripchenko.
Phan-Koshnitsky was awarded by FIDE the titles of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 1995 and Woman International Master (WIM) in 2001.
Personal life
[edit]In the early 1990s, she married Peter Koshnitsky, son of former Australian chess champion Gary Koshnitsky. She remarried in 2007 and is now Ngan Nadalin.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Women's Chess Olympiads: Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky. OlimpBase.
- ^ Australian Women's champions Archived 13 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Chess Federation.
- ^ Asian Women's Chess Championship 1998 final results and standings from Chess Malaysia
- ^ Oceania Women's 3.2bZonal. Tournament report. FIDE.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2011-04-30). TWIC 338: Oceana Zonal 3.2b. The Week in Chess.
External links
[edit]- Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky rating card at FIDE
- Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Ngan Phan Koshnitsky chess games at 365Chess.com
