ANTOANETA STEFANOVA (born Apr-19-1979, 46 years old) Bulgaria [what is this?] Antoaneta Stefanova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She learned to play when she was four years old and won her first tournament at the age of 7 in Sofia. In 1989, she became the inaugural U10 World Girls Champion. Stefanova has played for Bulgaria in five Chess Olympiads, starting in Manila in 1992 when she was 13 years old. In 2000, she was promoted to the Bulgarian men's team for the Istanbul Olympiad. She won the European Women's Championship in 2002, achieved her peak rating of 2560 in January 2003. She was awarded the IM title in 1997 and the Grandmaster title in 2002. In 2012, she won the Women's World Rapid Championship (2012) outright with 8.5/11. She is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (2015). Stefanova won the FIDE Women's World Championship (2004) in Elista, Kalmykia, and competed in the FIDE Women's World Championship (2006) in Ekaterinburg, Russia, making it through to the second round. She also reached round 4 (quarter finals) of the Women's World Championship (2008) in Nalchik in the Russian oblast of Kabardino-Balkaria. She came very close to taking the title a second time at the FIDE Knock-out Women's World Championship (2012), defeating Russian IM and WGM Marina Romanko Guseva, former Women's World Champion, Chinese GM Zhu Chen, Polish GM Monika (Bobrowska) Socko, French GM Marie Sebag, and Indian GM Dronavalli Harika, before losing in the first set of tiebreakers of the final to Ukrainian IM Anna Ushenina. Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women Wikipedia article: Antoaneta Stefanova

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page 1 of 97; games 1-25 of 2,407  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Stefanova vs S Savova   1-0 32 1989 BUL-ch 38th (Women) D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 2. E Georgieva vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 34 1991 BUL-ch (Women) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 3. A Stefanova vs M Velcheva   0-1 35 1991 BUL-ch (Women) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 4. A Stefanova vs S Savova   ½-½ 30 1991 BUL-ch (Women) A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 5. A Stefanova vs C Peptan   ½-½ 23 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls A48 King's Indian 6. A Stefanova vs H Ilieva   ½-½ 49 1992 BUL-chT (Women) D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 7. A Stefanova vs E Georgieva   1-0 39 1992 BUL-chT (Women) D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 8. N Kruljac vs A Stefanova   0-1 25 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls A07 King's Indian Attack 9. N Gukova vs A Stefanova   0-1 36 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls E10 Queen's Pawn Game 10. A Stefanova vs N Mereacre 1-0 53 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls B12 Caro-Kann Defense 11. Stela Milanova vs A Stefanova   0-1 11 1992 BUL-ch (Women) B01 Scandinavian 12. A Stefanova vs S Tkeshelashvili   ½-½ 32 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. A Stefanova vs E Zlatanova   ½-½ 33 1992 BUL-ch (Women) D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 14. M Socko vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 47 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 15. M Luks vs A Stefanova 0-1 17 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls B01 Scandinavian 16. A Stefanova vs E Hagesaether   1-0 28 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 17. A Stefanova vs M Vasiltseva 1-0 23 1992 EU-ch U14 Girls D02 Queen's Pawn Game 18. M Koen vs A Stefanova   1-0 38 1992 BUL-ch (Women) D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2 19. A Stefanova vs N Karakashian   1-0 50 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 20. S de Vries vs A Stefanova   ½-½ 25 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. M Ranniku vs A Stefanova ½-½ 72 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 22. A Stefanova vs S Sabirova   0-1 18 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. A Stefanova vs I Zak   1-0 36 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) D02 Queen's Pawn Game 24. A Stefanova vs M Sulistya   0-1 41 1992 Manila Olympiad (Women) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 25. A Stefanova vs T Papadopoulou   1-0 38 1992 Mangalia Balkaniad (girls) A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4  page 1 of 97; games 1-25 of 2,407

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-19-10    Tabanus: 2nd place in FIDE Women Grand Prix (Mongolia) 30 July - 12 August 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Feb-23-11    HeMateMe: She resembles Kate Winslet a bit, doesn't she? Feb-23-11    perfidious: <HeHateMe> Stefanova>>> Kate Winslet. Feb-23-11    HeMateMe: Well, we've seen a bit more of Kate. I'll withhold judgement.... Mar-16-11    depraved: Kate isn't bad, but I'd take Stefanova. May-02-11    BLarsen1967: It's time for the One & Only ninja warrior,the great gurkha of chess to show her supreme class - maybe this time she'll run away with the Euro Championship(w) - Go Attahk 'em Antoaneta ! http://chess-results.com/tnr47085.a... May-02-11    HeMateMe: atta boy. We need more male chess groupies. Livens things up. Aug-15-11    uribe: antoaneta stefanova always nicely dressed and looking even more lovelier these days. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Oct-21-11    HeMateMe: I've always thought she has a beautiful face, something perfect for a painter to work with. Broad forehead, large eyes. A dream for a painter. Perhaps she's already sat for a portrait. Oct-27-11    whithaw: She is so beautiful. I saw her play at the US championships in San Diego, I think 2004 or 2005. At the time, I was dating a girl from Japan, and I took her to see this rare event. I was in the tournament hall, and I was explaining to my girlfriend who each player was. Suddenly, I met eyes with Antoaneta Stefanova as she sat at a chess board. She was so beautiful, and I could not speak. She has striking, intelligent, and kind eyes, and her face is angelic. In a different life, just maybe... Oct-28-11    OhioChessFan: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/... Dec-06-11    whiteshark: <whithaw: < "My girlfriend... ">> hehe, good one Apr-19-12    wuvmuffin72: Happy Birthday! Go Tromp'em good next tournament! Apr-19-12    waustad: <HeMateMe: atta boy. We need more male chess groupies.> Several players have been trying to encourage this. Alexandra Kosteniuk is the best known, but Maria Manakova made the point that chess needed an Anna Kournikova character. Also Ksenya Roos, the player formerly known as Ksenya Rybenko has a lot of glamor pics posted on the net. Others working that angle include Anna Sharevich and Tania Sachdev Things have changed since Pia Cramling was about the only female player who didn't look like Nona Gaprindashvili or Maia Chiburdanidze. Cramling did not seem to embrace the idea of being the "chess babe" back in the day. Apr-19-12    schnarre: ...We can all dream about being about sharing their company, but their games are a legacy for us to reflect on...while dreaming of their company. Apr-19-12    theodor: <<wordfunph>: "I can't name one favorite player as I admire many --- each for different reasons. Let's put it this way: my father taught me chess by playing through all the games of Bobby Fischer. Then there was also Mikhail Tal. A long time ago I even had a chance to play him in a simul. I was five years old and I made a draw! And Garry Kasparov is another player I would like to mention." GM Antoaneta Stefanova> bravo my friend! I fully agree with you. Apr-19-12    theodor: umnitsa, hubavitsa, da ne ti e uruki! badi ziva i zdrava da ni radva6! Apr-20-12    waustad: Frankly, I'm happier that there are quite a few attractive women who play chess who do not try to play on their looks. Anything that helps to even up the gender mix at tournaments is probably good, though I am torn about the entire idea of female only tournaments. Ideally everybody should be in the same pool. May-17-12    schnarre: ...I concur waustad--an opponent is an opponent in the game of chess! (at least that's how I see it) Jun-03-12    waustad: Congrats on winning the World Women's Rapids championship. Nov-21-12    The17thPawn: What does it mean by mentioning she is an FT in her bio? Nov-21-12    WannaBe: Possibly 'fitness trainer'. Nov-21-12    SimonWebbsTiger: <Wannabe> is almost correct and who wouldn't mind a day at the gym with the lovely Bulgarian lady! FT is female trainer. Arbiters and trainers receive official titles from FIDE. Not sure quite what is required to become an official FIDE titled trainer. Arbiters require norms from a certain number of tourneys and reports of good performance from an already qualified arbiter. Nov-21-12    dx9293: <FT> is FIDE Trainer, the second highest level to FST (FIDE Senior Trainer). The three lower levels are FIDE Instructor (FI), then down to National Instructor (NI), and the lowest title is Developmental Instructor (DI). Nov-21-12    The17thPawn: <dx9293> - Thanks for the explanation. It's nice to see an active Grandmaster that also dedicates time to training up and comers. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 8) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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