Anna-Maria Botsari ( Greek: Αννα-Μαρία Μπότσαρη ;kind of October 5, 1972 , Kavala , Greece ) - Greek chess player and chess coach, women's grandmaster since 1993. In 1995-1999 she performed under the name Botsari-Miladinovic (at that time she was married to Serbian grandmaster Igor Miladinovic ).
 Anna Maria Botsari | |
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| Αννα-Μαρία Μπότσαρη | |
 Anna-Maria Botsari ( Heraklion , 2007) | |
| Country |  Greece |
| Date of Birth | October 5, 1972 (46 years) |
| Place of Birth | Kavala , Greece |
| Rank | grandmaster ( 1993 ) among women International Master ( 1990 ) Women |
| Maximum Rating | 2394 (October 2003 ) |
| Current rating | 2222 (August 2019 ) |
| Personal card on the FIDE website Personal card on the site Chess DB | |
Chess career
Since the mid-1980s, she was one of the leading Greek chess players. In 1985 and 1986 she received gold medals at the national championship for girls under 20 years old. She was also a two-time winner of the World Cup among girls: bronze ( Timisoara , 1988, under 16 ) and silver ( Mamaia , 1991, under 20 ). Repeatedly participated in the final of the championship of Greece in chess , with eight times (1986, 1988, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010) [1] won gold medals. Between 1986 and 2008, she participated in all 12 chess competitions that took place during that time, including five times on the 1st board [2] . In 1992-2007, seven times (4 times on the 1st board) took part in the European team championships , winning the gold medal in the individual competition on the 2nd board in 1992 in Debrecen [3] . Botsari won two individual gold medals (in Mangalia in 1992 and Varna in 1994) and a team gold medal (in Varna in 1992) in the women's Balkaniad chess [4] .
The greatest success in the international arena reached in the zonal tournaments (qualifying round of the World Cup ), winning in 1993 in Nea Makri and dividing the 1st place in 1990 in Pula (along with Spring Veshanovich , Suzana Maksimovich and Marina Makropuly ). Three times (1990, 1991, 1993) participated in the inter-zonal tournaments , having shown the best result in 1993 in Jakarta , where she took 9th place among 39 chess players [5] . In 2004, she shared 3rd place (behind Monika Sotsko and Kristina-Adela Foyshor ) together with Jana Krivets at Acropolis International in Athens [6] .
From February 27 to 28, 2002 in Kalavryta (Greece), Anna-Maria Botsari set a new world record listed in the Guinness Book of Records , having a session of consecutive games in 1102 chess games [7] [8] .
In 2009, in Rijeka, she won the women's tournament at the 7th Mediterranean Championship in Chess [9] [10] [11] .
In 1990, Botsari received the title of international master among women, and in 1993 she was awarded the title of grand master among women [12] .
Elo had the highest rating in her career as of October 1, 2003, when she reached 2394 points and shared 58-59th place in the FIDE world rating list (together with Elena Serina ), at the same time taking the 1st place among Greek chess players [ 13] .
Notes
- ↑ ΑΤΟΜΙΚΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΩΝ Unc . The appeal date is March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ OlimpBase . The date of circulation is February 23, 2009. Archived March 18, 2005.
- ↑ OlimpBase . The appeal date is February 23, 2009. Archived November 11, 2013.
- ↑ Anna-Maria Botsari Archival copy of November 26, 2018 on the Wayback Machine; Women's Chess Balkaniad results, www.olimpbase.org Archive copy of February 12, 2004 on the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament . The appeal date is February 23, 2009. Archived March 3, 2016.
- ↑ Acropolis WGM 2004 . The appeal date is February 23, 2009. Archived May 17, 2018.
- ↑ Susan Polgar world simultaneous chess record attempt , www.chessbase.com Archival copy of February 23, 2011 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 240 minutes before midnight . The appeal date is March 23, 2019. Archived March 23, 2019.
- ↑ 7th Mediterranean Men and Women Championship 2009 Archival copy of March 29, 2019 on the Wayback Machine FIDE Tournament Report, www.fide.com Archive copy of February 17, 2011 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 7th Mediterranean Men’s and Women Championships Combined Archive dated March 23, 2019 on the Wayback Machine report, www.chessdom.com Archive dated March 21, 2019 on the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Mediterranean Chess Championship 2009 - Comments Archival copy dated March 4, 2016 at Wayback Machine Mišo Cebalo, www.sah-rijeka.hr Archival copy dated November 26, 2013 on Wayback Machine
- ↑ Anna-Maria Botsari rating card at FIDE . The appeal date is March 23, 2019. Archived March 29, 2019.
- ↑ Rating Progress Chart: Botsari, Anna-Maria . The appeal date is March 23, 2019. Archived March 29, 2019.
Links
- Anne-Maria Botsari personal card on the FIDE website
- Anne-Maria Botsari parties in (eng.)
- Personal card of Anne-Maria Botsari on the site 365chess.com (English)
- Anne-Maria Botsari speeches at chess competitions
- Anna-Maria Botsari speeches at the European team championships