Elisa Maggiolo

Argentine chess player

Elisa Maggiolo
Country	Argentina
Born	(1980-02-26) 26 February 1980 (age 44)
Title	Woman International Master (2001)
FIDE rating	1957 (May 2021)
Peak rating	2119 (July 2007)

Elisa Maggiolo (born 26 February 1980) is an Argentine chess player and Woman International Master (WIM, 2001). She is a two-time winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1995, 1998).

Biography

From the 1990s to the 2000s, Elisa Maggiolo is one of the leading Argentine women's chess players. She two times won the Argentine women's chess championships: 1995 and 1998. In 1999, she won second place in the South America Zonal tournament and get the right to take part in Women's World Chess Championship.^[1] In 2001, Elisa Maggiolo participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Zhu Chen.^[2] In 1998, Elisa Maggiolo played for Argentina in the 1st World Junior Team Chess Championship at third board (+4, =0, -3).^[3]

Elisa Maggiolo played for Argentina in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[4]

In 1998, at second board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Elista (+5, =3, -3),
In 2000, at third board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =2, -5).

In 2001, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

References

^ "Villa Martelli zt (Women) 1999 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
^ "2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
^ "OlimpBase :: World Junior Team Chess Championship :: Elisa Maggiolo". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Elisa Maggiolo". www.olimpbase.org.