Eva Repková
{{short description|Slovak chess player (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox chess player
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|name=Eva Repková
|caption=Eva Repková playing in the Summer chess tournament in Aarhus, Denmark 2009
|country={{ublist|Czechoslovakia (until 1992)|Slovakia (1992–97, since 2001)|Lebanon (1997–2001)}}
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1975|1|16|df=y}}
|birth_place=Stará Ľubovňa, Czechoslovakia
|title={{ublist|International Master (2007)|Woman Grandmaster (1995)}}
|rating =
|peakrating = 2447 (September 2010)
|worldchampion =
|womensworldchampion =
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Eva Repková (born 16 January 1975 in Stará Ľubovňa) is a Slovak chess player holding the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was Czechoslovak Women's Champion in 1991 and Slovak Women's Champion in 2003, 2010 and 2013.
Chess career
Repková learned to play chess at the age of five, while watching her parents play chess on Sundays. She became Slovak Women's Champion in 1987 at the age of 12, and won the Czechoslovak Women's Chess Championship in Pardubice in 1991.[http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/historicke-vysledky.html Historické výsledky MČR žen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707132617/http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/historicke-vysledky.html |date=2015-07-07 }}, [http://www.chess.cz www.chess.cz] (Czech)
Repková won silver medals in the World Girl's Under-14 Chess Championship in Timișoara 1988, and the World Girl's Under-18 Chess Championships in Guarapuava 1991 and Bratislava 1993.Big Database 2013, ChessBase GmbH In 1995 she came second, on tie break, behind Nino Khurtsidze in the World Girl's Under-20 Chess Championship in Halle.
Repková represented Czechoslovakia in the 30th Chess Olympiad in 1992, and has represented Slovakia on board 1 of the Women's team in eight Chess Olympiads between 1994 and 2016. Her best result was in her Olympiad debut in Manila 1992, where she scored 9½/13 and finished fourth on board 3.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/8gag8auc.html Eva Repková] Chess Olympiad results, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]
She represented Czechoslovakia in 1992 and Slovakia in 2001 in the European Women's Team Chess Championship, and won the individual silver medal in León 2001.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersu/8gag8auc.html Eva Repková] European Women's Team Championship results, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]
After her first marriage to Lebanese International Master Fadi Eid, Repková won the Arab Women's Chess Championship in Agadir 1998 and Beirut 2000. She came second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship twice, behind Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi in Tehran 1997, and behind Xu Yuhua in the Genting Highlands 1998.[http://chesscolumn.20m.com/1998/98apr24.html New Asian woman champion] Quah Seng Sun, April 24, 1998
She won the Slovak Women's Chess Championship in Tatranské Zruby 2003, in Banská Štiavnica 2010,[http://sport.aktuality.sk/c/97481/sach-cech-cvek-medzinarodnym-majstrom-slovenska/ Šach: Čech Cvek medzinárodným majstrom Slovenska] (Slovak) and in Banská Štiavnica 2013.[http://en.chessbase.com/post/swordplay-in-slovakia-170713 Swordplay in Slovakia] Milan Maros - ChessBase News, [http://www.chessbase.com www.chessbase.com]
She won various international tournaments, including the Mediterranean Flower tournament in Rijeka 2003{{cite web|title=Cvijet Mediterana WGM In. Tournament report July 2003.|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=24872&t=0|publisher=FIDE|accessdate=6 November 2015}} and 2013,[http://www.chessdom.com/eva-repkova-wins-13th-flower-of-the-mediterranean-tournament/ Eva Repkova wins 13th Flower of the Mediterranean Tournament], [http://www.chessdom.com www.chessdom.com] the Mediterranean Golden Island (Women) in Punat 2003 and Malinska 2005,[http://sah.posluh.hr/draga/krk/krk2008.htm Women GM Chess Tournament, Krk - Mediterranean Golden Island] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508182814/http://sah.posluh.hr/draga/krk/krk2008.htm |date=2013-05-08 }} Vrbnik 2008 results, [http://sah.posluh.hr sah.posluh.hr][http://sah.posluh.hr/draga/krk/krk2005.htm Women GM Chess Tournament, Krk - Mediterranean Golden Island] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508182743/http://sah.posluh.hr/draga/krk/krk2005.htm |date=2013-05-08 }} Malinska 2005 results, [http://sah.posluh.hr sah.posluh.hr] and the Summer-A IM in Aarhus 2009.[https://archive.today/20131129225004/http://www.ferimex.com/icc/repkova.php IM Eva Repkova - Slovakia], [http://www.ferimex.com www.ferimex.com]
Repková represented Slovakia in the open chess Mitropa Cup in 2005 and 2006, winning the team bronze in Steinbrunn 2005.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersmm/8gag8auc.html Eva Repková] Men's Mitropa Cup results, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org] She represented Slovakia in the women's chess Mitropa Cup in Meissen 2013, winning both the individual and team gold medals.[http://www.olimpbase.org/playersmw/8gag8auc.html Eva Repková] Women's Mitropa Cup results, [http://www.olimpbase.org www.olimpbase.org]
Repková was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1995, and International Master (IM) in 2007.
Personal life
Repková married Lebanese IM Fadi Eid, and represented Lebanon from 1997 until 2001. In October 1998, their son Christopher Repka was born; he won the Slovak Junior Chess Championship in his age group several times and became a GM in 2018.[https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14918781 FIDE Chess Profile: Repka, Christopher] In 2002, she married FIDE Master Eric Peterson, a co-founder of the Internet Chess Club. Together with him and her brother, Repková leads an internationally operated computer company Ferimex IT. Repková divorced Peterson in 2013.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
Repková speaks Slovak, English, Russian, and German.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Fide}}
- [http://www.365chess.com/players/Eva_Repkova Eva Repkova] chess games at 365Chess.com
- {{chessgames player|id=26777}}
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Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Chess Woman Grandmasters
Category:Slovak female chess players
Category:People from Stará Ľubovňa
Category:Sportspeople from the Prešov Region
Category:Czechoslovak female chess players
Category:Czechoslovak chess players