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Tatiana Ratcu

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Tatiana Ratcu
Ratcu in 1996
Full nameTatiana Kaawar Ratcu
CountryBrazil
Born (1979-09-08) 8 September 1979 (age 45)
São Paulo, Brazil
TitleWoman Intl. Master (1995)
Peak rating2259 (January 2001)

Tatiana Kaawar Ratcu[1] (born 8 September 1979) is a Brazilian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1995). She is a five time Brazilian Women's Chess Champion (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000).

Biography

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In the end of the 1990s, Ratcu was one of the leading Brazilian female chess players. She three times won the Brazilian Youth Chess Championships in the Girl's U16 age group (1992, 1993, 1994) and twice won Girl's U18 age group (1996, 1997). Also she twice won Brazilian Girl's Junior Chess Championships (1996, 1998). Ratcu five times won five times Brazilian Women's Chess Championships: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000.[2] In 1995, Ratcu participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Chişinău where ranked 43rd place.[3] In 1998, in Rio de Janeiro she won the 1st World Junior Team Chess Championship with the Brazilian team.[4]

Ratcu played for Brazil in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

In 1995, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Since the early 2000s, Ratcu rarely participated in chess tournaments.

References

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  1. ^ "Tatiana Kaawar Ratcu player profile". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Campeonatos Brasileiros" [Brazilian Championships]. BrasilBase.pro.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 December 2018. Tatiana Ratcu
  3. ^ "1995 Kishinev Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018. Ratcu T
  4. ^ "1st World Junior Team Chess Championship, Rio de Janeiro 1998, Brazil "A"". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018. Ratcu, Tatiana
  5. ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Tatiana Ratcu". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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