Erika Sziva
{{short description|Hungarian-born Dutch chess player}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Erika Sziva
| image = Sziva.jpg
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| country = Hungary
Netherlands
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|6|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary
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| title = Woman Grandmaster (2000)
| worldchampion =
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| rating = 2217 (October 2019)
| peakrating = 2331 (January 2001)
| FideID = 1002457
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Erika Sziva (born 8 June 1967) is a Hungarian born Dutch Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2000). She was a winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1988) and a five-time winner of the Dutch Women's Chess Championship (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999).
Biography
In 1988, Erika Sziva won Hungarian Women's Chess Championship. In 1989, she married and moved to live in the Netherlands. In 1990, at Interzonal Tournament in Genting Highlands Erika Sziva ranked 12th place.{{cite web|url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/90wo2iix.htm|title=1990 Genting Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=www.mark-weeks.com}} She five times won Dutch Women's Chess Championships: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 1999).{{cite web|url=http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/nationale-kampioenschappen/nk-algemeen/nk-algemeen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407145712/http://www.schaakbond.nl/wedstrijdschaak/nationale-kampioenschappen/nk-algemeen/nk-algemeen/|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2017|title=NK Algemeen en Vrouwen — Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond|date=7 April 2017}} In 2000, Erika Sziva participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Natalia Zhukova.{{cite web|url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a0wo$wix.htm|title=2000 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)|website=www.mark-weeks.com}}
Erika Sziva played for Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/dhdl5jlc.html|title=OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Erika Sziva|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+4, =3, -4),
- In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+5, =5, -2),
- In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+5, =4, -2),
- In 1998, at second board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Elista (+3, =8, -0),
- In 2000, at second board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+5, =6, -2).
Erika Sziva played for Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championships:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersu/dhdl5jlc.html|title=OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Erika Sziva|website=www.olimpbase.org}}
- In 1997, at first board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Pula (+3, =2, -2).
In 1999, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title year later.
References
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External links
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- {{Chessgames player|34251}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Erika_Sziva}}
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Category:Chess players from Budapest
Category:Dutch female chess players
Category:Dutch people of Hungarian descent
Category:Hungarian female chess players
Category:Hungarian chess players
Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters
Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen
Category:20th-century Hungarian sportswomen
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