Elina Danielian
| Elina Danielian Էլինա Դանիելյան | |
|---|---|
 Danielian in 2023 | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Born | 16 August 1978 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| Peak rating | 2521 (July 2011) |
Elina Danielian (Armenian: Էլինա Դանիելյան; born 16 August 1978 in Baku)[1] is an Armenian chess grandmaster and six-time Armenian women's champion (1993, 1994. 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004).[2] She has represented Armenia twelve times during the Women's Chess Olympiads (1992–2014).[3] She played in the gold medal-winning Armenian team at the 5th Women's European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv 2003.[4] In 2021 she won the European Individual Chess Championship.[5]
Danielian won the World Under-14 Girls Championship in Duisburg 1992 and the World Under-16 Girls Championship in Bratislava 1993. In 2001, she won the European Women's Rapid Chess Championship in Minsk.[6]
In October 2010, she was in the top 10 women chess players in the world. In March 2011, she was tied for first place in the Doha stage of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009–2011.[7][8] Danielian won the bronze medal in the 2011 European Women's Championship in Tbilisi, scoring 8/11 points.[9]
In May 2019, Elina narrowly defeated[10] grandmaster Kateryna Lagno (the reigning women's world blitz champion[11]) in round 1 of the Women's Speed Chess Championship hosted by Chess.com.[12] The match[13] was a combination blitz & bullet format with the first set being 5 minutes with a 1-second increment (5+1), the second set being 3+1, and the final set being 1+1. The match was decided by the final bullet game as the score was tied leading up to the finale.
References
[edit]- ^ Danielian, Elina. "About me". ElinaChess.com. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "All Women's Champions of Armenia". Armchess. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads: Elina Danielian". OlimpBase. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "5th European Team Chess Championship (women), Plovdiv 2003, Armenia". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ Grandmaster Elina Danielian becomes Champion of Europe – unprecedented success for Armenia, Armenpress, 2021
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2001-10-15). "TWIC 362: European Women's Rapid and Blitz". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Koneru Humpy wins FIDE Grand Prix". The Times of India. 6 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011". FIDE. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "European Woman Chess Championship-2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ "Danielian Upsets Lagno in Women's Speed Chess Opener". 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Carlsen, Lagno Win World Blitz Chess Championships". 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Nakamura Defeats So to Repeat as Speed Chess Champion". 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Speed Chess Championship Takes off Today with Lagno-Danielian". 22 May 2019.
External links
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- Elina Danielian rating card at FIDE
- Elina Danielian chess games at 365Chess.com
- Elina Danielian player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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