Maria Kursova
Maria Kursova | |
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 Maria Kursova at the European Chess Team Championship in Warsaw 2013 | |
| Country |  Russia,  Armenia |
| Born | January 3, 1986 Severodvinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
| Peak rating | 2366 (July 2007) |
Maria Kursova (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-hy; born January 3, 1986 in Severodvinsk)[1] is a Russian-Armenian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Kursova tied for first place with Natalia Pogonina, placing second on countback, in the 2003 European U18 Girls Championship,[2] and was the bronze medalist in the 1998 European U12 Girls Championship.[3]
She plays for Armenia since 2011.[4]
Kursova won the 2012 Women's Armenian Chess Championship.[5]
She played for the Armenian team in the 2012[6] and 2014 Women's Chess Olympiads,[7] in the 2013 Women's European Team Chess Championship[8] and in the 2015 Women's World Team Chess Championship.[9] She won group A team silver at the 41st Chess Olympiad (Women).[10]
Kursova is married to Armenian grandmaster Arman Pashikyan.[11]
References
- ^ "Стипендиатка Банка Москвы Мария Курсова — среди студентов-победителей чемпионата России по шахматам". Bank of Moscow. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2015. Template:Ru icon
- ^ European Youth Championship Girls - U18 Chess-Results
- ^ European Youth Chess Championship 1998 Girls-U12 Chess-Results
- ^ FIDE: transfers in 2011
- ^ "Maria Kursova wins Armenian Women's Chess Championship". PanARMENIAN.Net. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women: Amenia team composition Chess-Results
- ^ 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women: Armenia team composition Chess-Results
- ^ 19th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2013: Amenia team composition Chess-Results
- ^ World Women's Team Chess Championship 2015: final standing with team composition Chess-Results
- ^ 41st Olympiad Tromso 2014 Women: category prizes Chess-Results
- ^ "Bride from the North: Armenia's naturalized Russian wins national chess title". ArmeniaNow. June 23, 2012. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
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External links
- Maria Kursova rating card at FIDE
- Maria Kursova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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