Adriana Nikolova

Adriana Kostadinova Nikolova (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Адриана Костадинова Николова; born November 8, 1988) is a Bulgarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is Bulgaria's newest WGM and her chess club team is Lokomotiv 2000 from Plovdiv,[1] with which she has won three national championships.[2]

Adriana Nikolova
Nikolova in 2009
Full nameAdriana Kostadinova Nikolova
CountryBulgaria
Born (1988-11-09) November 9, 1988
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2011)
Peak rating2389 (November 2009)

In November 2008, Nikolova earned the title of Woman International Master (WIM).[3] She has so far represented her country in six major chess championships: the European Team Chess Championship, which was held in Novi Sad in 2009 (scoring 1.5/7 on Board 2),[4] the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (achieving 5/9 on Board 3),[5] the 2011 European Team Chess Championship hosted at the Porto Carras resort in Greece (managing 4.5/7 on Board 4),[6] the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (finishing with 5/9 points on Board 3),[7] the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (securing 6/9 points on Board 3),[8] as well as the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku (her final score being 6/10 on Board 3).[9]

In July 2011, she received a gold medal and an official certificate to honour her achievement in becoming a woman grandmaster.[10] Nikolova also won the 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Women Chess Championship (scoring 9/11).

References
  1. Чепаринов спечели трета титла, Виденова - първа
  2. Интервю с шампионката на България за 2011 г. - гросмайстор Адриана Николова, 1 февруари 2013-та
  3. Nikolova, Adriana, FIDE Title Applications, 79th FIDE Congress, 16–26 November 2008, Dresden, GER
  4. Team-Composition for federation BUL, 17th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2009, chess-results.com
  5. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  6. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 18th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2011, http://euro2011.chessdom.com/
  7. Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women Archived August 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  8. Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 41st Olympiad Tromsø 2014 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  9. Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women tournament, chess-results.com
  10. "Утре слагат шампионската корона на Адриана Николова". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
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