Linda Krūmiņa

Linda Krūmiņa
Country  Latvia
Born (1984-12-16) 16 December 1984
Kuldīga, Latvia
Title Woman FIDE Master

Linda Krūmiņa (born 16 December 1984, Kuldīga), is a Latvian chess Woman FIDE Master (2017). She is a winner the Latvian Women Chess Championship (2017).

Biography

In the late 1990s and early 2000s Linda Krūmiņa was one of the leading young chess players in Latvia. In 1999 she won the Latvian Girl Chess Championship. She regularly participated of the European Youth Chess Championships (2001 - U20, 2002 - U18) and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups (1995 - U12, 1997, 1998 - U14)[1][2][3]. In the early 2000s, she also regularly participated in finals of the Latvian Women Chess Championships.

From 2005 to 2015, Linda Krūmiņa rarely participated in chess tournaments, and only from 2016 she returned to chess competitions. In 2016, at the Latvian Women Chess Championship, she divided the first place for two rounds to the finish, but the defeats in the last two rounds deprived her of the prize[4]. In April 2017, in Riga she participated in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017[5]. At the end of July and the beginning of August of the same year, Linda Krūmiņa took part in the International Women chess tournament in Erfurt and fulfilled the FIDE master (WFM) norm[6]. In October 2017, she won the Latvian Women Chess Championship, ahead of two Women Grandmasters (WGM) - Ilze Bērziņa and Ingūna Erneste[7].

Linda Krūmiņa played for Latvia in Chess Olympiads:

References

  1. ↑ "São Lourenço - 10° World Championship u12 (girls)". brasilbase.pro.br.
  2. ↑ "Cannes 1997 - 13° World Championship u14 (girls)". brasilbase.pro.br.
  3. ↑ "Oropesa del Mar 1998 - 14° World Championship u14 (girls)". brasilbase.pro.br.
  4. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian championship women final-2016". chess-results.com.
  5. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Individual Women Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  6. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Women´s Open zum Erfurter Frauenschachfestival 2017". chess-results.com.
  7. ↑ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian Women chess championship 2017". www.chess-results.com.
  8. ↑ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women
  • Linda Krūmiņa rating card at FIDE Edit this at Wikidata
  • Linda Krūmiņa player profile and games at Chessgames.com
  • Linda Krūmiņa player profile at 365chess.com
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