Maria Kuwatsu ( Greek Μαρία Κουβάτσου ; born November 2, 1979 , Athens ) - Greek chess player , grandmaster among women ( 1993 ).
 Maria Kuwatsu | |
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| Μαρία Κουβάτσου | |
 In 2007 | |
| Country |  Greece |
| Date of Birth | November 2, 1979 (39 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Athens |
| Rank | grandmaster ( 1993 ) among women international master ( 1990 ) among women |
| Actual Rating | 2222 (August 2019 ) |
| Personal card on the FIDE website Personal card on the Chess DB website | |
Biography
Multiple winner of the championships of Greece among girls in different age groups: U16 (1992, 1994), U20 (1995, 1996, 1999). From 1993 to 1999, she represented Greece at the European Youth Chess Championships and the World Junior Chess Championships . In 1999, she won the World Championship among girls in the U20 age group in Yerevan [1] .
She successfully participated in the women's chess championships in Greece, in which she won a gold (2000) and two silver (1998, 2002) medals [2] [3] .
In 2001, Natasha Boykovich lost in the first round of the women's chess championship in Moscow in the first round [4] .
She represented Greece at four chess olympiads (1998-2002, 2016) and two European team chess championships (2001, 2015).
By profession, a dentist and until 2009 worked in Athens as a dental surgeon . In 2012, she joined the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked for some time at the Greek Embassy in Beijing .
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Links
- Maria Kuwatsu's personal card on the FIDE website
- Maria Kuwatsu games in the database
- Maria Kuwatsu's personal card on 365chess.com
- Performances of Maria Kuvatsu at chess Olympiads
- Performances of Maria Kuvatsu at the European Team Championships