Iva Videnova
| Iva Videnova | |
|---|---|
 Iva Videnova, 2008 | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Born |
17 October 1987 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Title |
International Master (2015) Woman Grandmaster (2011) |
| Peak rating | 2401 (February 2015) |
Iva Videnova (Bulgarian: Ива Виденова; born 17 October 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian chess player holding the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Her current chess clubs are "Lokomotiv-2000" from Plovdiv, Bulgaria, with which she has won two national championships, "Schwäbisch Hall" from Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, and "Liburnija" from Rijeka, Croatia.
She earned the titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2010, Woman Grandmaster in 2011 and International Master in 2015.
Iva Videnova learnt to play chess at the age of four, but only at the age of 13 did she take part for the first time in an official chess tournament. In 2002 she won the Bulgarian girls' under-16 championship, and in 2006 the Bulgarian girls' under-20 championship. In 2007 and 2008 Videnova became the Bulgarian Women's Blitz Chess Champion. She won the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Videnova played for the Bulgarian national team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014,[1] and Women's European Team Chess Championship in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In the 2011 event, held in Porto Carras, Greece, she won the individual bronze medal on board two thanks to her score of 6/9 points.[2]
References
External links
- Iva Videnova rating card at FIDE
- Iva Videnova chess games and profile at Chess-DB.com