Corina Peptan

Corina-Isabela Peptan (born March 17, 1978) is a Romanian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Corina Peptan
at 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden
Full nameCorina-Isabela Peptan
CountryRomania
Born (1978-03-17) March 17, 1978
Bumbești-Jiu, Romania[1]
TitleInternational Master (2002)
Woman Grandmaster (1995)
Peak rating2485 (July 2003)

She was world girls' champion in several age categories: Under 10 in Timișoara 1988, Under 12 in Fond du Lac 1990, Under 14 in Warsaw 1991, and Under 18 in Guarapuava 1995.[2]

Peptan won the Romanian women's championship twelve times (1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009,[3] 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2000, 2001 and 2004. She reached the quarterfinals in 2000.

In team events, Peptan has represented Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad, Women's European Team Chess Championship, Women's Chess Balkaniads and Girls' Chess Balkaniads. She has won two individual silver medals at the olympiad, in Moscow 1994 (playing board three) and Calvià 2004 (board two). In the European Club Cup for Women, she played for the victorious team AEM-Luxten Timișoara in 1998.[4]

References
  1. Nicula, Dinu-Ioan. "Interviu cu Marea Maestră Corina-Isabela Peptan" (in Romanian). Romanian Chess Federation. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. Crowther, Mark (1995-12-17). "The Week in Chess 62". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  3. List of winners Archived 2018-03-17 at the Wayback Machine at Romanian Chess Federation (in Romanian)
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads: Corina-Isabela Peptan". OlimpBase. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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