Anzel Solomons

Anzel Solomons (born 6 January 1978), née Laubscher, is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2003).

Anzel Solomons
Country South Africa
Born (1978-01-06) January 6, 1978
TitleWoman International Master (2003)
Peak rating1954 (September 2009)

Career

She was awarded the title of Woman International Master for her victory in the FIDE Africa zone tournament in Botswana. In 2007, in Windhoek, Anzel Solomons won a silver medal in the African Women's Chess Championship[1]. In 2008, in Nalchik Anzel Solomons participated in the Women's World Chess Championship, where she lost in the first round to Xu Yuhua[2]. In 2011, she finished 2nd in the women's international Swiss-system tournament in Luanda[3]. In 2014, Anzel Solomons won her second silver medal in the African Women's Chess Championship[4].

She has played for South Africa at seven Women's Chess Olympiads (1998[5], 2006—2016[6]) and at the World Women's Team Chess Championship in 2011[7]. Anzel Solomons has participated twice in the Women's Chess Team tournament in the African Games (2007-2011), and won the silver medal in 2007, and bronze in 2011 in the team competition, and in the individual competition she won the bronze in 2011[8].

References
  1. "The Week in Chess 671". www.theweekinchess.com.
  2. "2008 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. Administrator. "FIDE Original Tournament Report". ratings.fide.com.
  4. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - African Individual Chess Championships 2014". www.chess-results.com.
  5. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Anzel Laubscher". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Anzel Solomons". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: World Women's Team Chess Championship :: Anzel Solomons". www.olimpbase.org.
  8. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: All-Africa Games (chess - women) :: Anzel Solomons". www.olimpbase.org.
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