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Antoaneta Stefanova
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Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgarian: ;

born April 19, 1979) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a
former Women's World Chess Champion. She became the
tenth holder of that title in 2004 in a 64-player knockout
tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia under the auspices of
FIDE.

Antoaneta Stefanova

Stefanova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her passion for chess

was first inspired when she was just four years old, receiving
her first lessons from her father, Andon Stefanov, a designing
artist.
In 1989, Stefanova won the under 10s Girls section at
the World Youth Chess Championships in Aguadilla,
Puerto Rico.
In 1997 Stefanova's FIDE rating broke into the top
ten of women worldwide. Also she earned the title of

Full name

Antoaneta Stefanova (
)

She has played for Bulgaria in ten Chess Olympiads so

Country

Bulgaria

far, all from 1992-2010, starting in Manila, the

Born

April 19, 1979

Sofia, Bulgaria

In 2000, she switched to the Bulgarian Open team

Title

Grandmaster

from the Istanbul Olympiad.

Women's
World
Champion

2004-2006

FIDE rating

Championship 2012, losing to Anna Ushenina in the

2522
(http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?
event=2902257) (March 2015)

final on the tie-break.

(No. 19 woman in the November 2012

Grandmaster in June 2003.

Philippines in 1992 when she was just 13.

In 2012, Stefanova became the first Women's World

Rapid Chess Champion.
She was the runner-up in the Women's World Chess

FIDE World Rankings)

External links

Peak rating

Antoaneta Stefanova
(http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=44272) player
profile and games at Chessgames.com

2560 (January 2003, May 2010, July 2010)

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Interview With GM Antoaneta Stefanova (http://interviews.chessdom.com/antoaneta-stefanova)

Antoaneta Stefanova is World Rapid Champion 2012 (http://www.chessdom.com/antoaneta-stefanova-iswomen-world-rapid-champion/)
Preceded by
Zhu Chen

Women's World Chess Champion

20042006

Succeeded by
Xu Yuhua

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