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Tsagaan Battsetseg

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Tsagaan Battsetseg
CountryMongolia (until 2000)
United States (since 2000)
Born (1972-01-30) 30 January 1972 (age 52)
TitleWoman International Master (1990)
Peak rating2273 (April 2005)

Tsagaan Battsetseg (born 30 January 1972) is a Mongolian–American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1990). She is an eight-time winner of the Mongolian Women's Chess Championship (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997).

Biography

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From the end of the 1980s to the end of the 1990s Tsagaan Battsetseg was one of the leading Mongolian female chess players. She eight times won Mongolian Women's Chess Championship: in 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1990, Tsagaan Battsetseg participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Azov where ranked 15th place.[1]

Tsagaan Battsetseg played for Mongolia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

In 1990, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Since the beginning of 2000, Tsagaan Battsetseg moved to the United States. In 2009, she participated in U.S. Women's Chess Championship final.

References

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  1. ^ "1990 Azov Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Cagaan Batceceg". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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