Julia Lebel-Arias

{{short description|Argentine chess player (born 1946)}}

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| name = Julia Lebel-Arias

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aguilares, Argentina

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| title = Woman International Master (1985)

| peakrating =2150 (January 1987)

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Julia Lebel-Arias ({{née}} Arias, born 10 March 1946) is an Argentina-born chess player and Woman International Master (WIM, 1985) who represented Argentina (until 1982), France (from 1982 till 2001) and Monaco (from 2002). She is a four-times winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship and a three-times winner of the French Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

From the end of 1970s to the early 1980s, Lebel-Arias was one of the leading chess players in Argentina. She won the Argentine Women's Chess Championships in four consecutive years: 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. After moving to France, she three times won French Women's Chess Championship: 1983, 1986, and 1990.{{cite web|url=http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/femPalmares.htm|title=CHAMP FEMININ|website=heritageechecsfra.free.fr}} In 1985, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title. In 1988, she won the International Women's Chess Tournament in Dortmund.

Lebel-Arias twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

  • In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Zheleznovodsk shared 15th-16th place with Pepita Ferrer;{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/85wo2iix.htm|title=1985 Zeleznovodsk Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=Mark-Weeks.com}}
  • In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Tuzla ranked 18th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/87wo2iix.htm|title=1987 Tuzla Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)|website=Mark-Weeks.com}}

Lebel-Arias played for Argentina, France and Monaco in the Women's Chess Olympiads:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/i4e4m6si.html|title=Women's Chess Olympiads :: Julia Lebel-Arias|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=OlimpBase.org}}

Lebel-Arias played for Monaco in Chess Olympiad open events:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/i4e4m6si.html|title=Men's Chess Olympiads :: Julia Lebel-Arias|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=OlimpBase.org}}

Lebel-Arias played for France in the European Team Chess Championship:{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersu/i4e4m6si.html|title=European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Julia Lebel-Arias|first=Wojciech|last=Bartelski|website=OlimpBase.org}}

  • In 1997, at first reserve board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship (women) in Pula (+2, =2, -2).

In 2006, in Arvier, she participated in the World Senior Chess Championship in the S50 age group and ranked 8th place.{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3358|title=Viktor Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship|date=23 September 2006|website=Chessbase.com}}

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