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Sabrina Vega (chess player)

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Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez
Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez in 2015
Country Spain
Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 (age 37)
Las Palmas, Spain
TitleInternational Master (2013)
Woman Grandmaster (2007)
Peak rating2427 (June 2017)

Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez (born 28 February 1987 in Las Palmas) is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Chess career

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Sisters Belinda (left) and Sabrina Vega play at the 2019 Andorra open

From 1996 to 2007, Vega participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age categories. She fulfilled a Women's Grandmaster norm in Mondariz (2005/06), Lorce (2007) and La Massana (2007).[1] Vega twice in a row won Belgrad chess tournaments (2013, 2014).[2][3]

Vega has played for Spain in ten Chess Olympiads (2004, 2008–2018, 2022-2024).[4] She won individual silver medal in 2024.[5] Vega has played for Spain in six European Team Chess Championships (2005-2015).[6]

She has been eight times Spanish Women's Champion winning the title in 2008, 2012, 2015,[7] 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. In 2016, in Mamaia, Vega won silver medal in European Individual Women Chess Championship.

Her elder sister, Belinda Vega Gutierrez, started playing chess some years after her, and is a Woman International Master.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)".
  2. ^ Mihailov, Anton. "WGM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez wins the tournament in Belgrade".
  3. ^ "WGM Sabrina Vega Gutierrez wins another trophy in Belgrade - Chessdom".
  4. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez".
  5. ^ 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women
  6. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez".
  7. ^ "Sabrina Gutiérrez Vega es la Campeona de España 2008". 13 August 2008.
  8. ^ Flores, Tatiana (26 July 2021). ""Chess teaches you so much!": An interview with IM Sabrina Vega". Chess News. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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