Irina Bulmaga

Irina Bulmaga[2][3] (born 11 November 1993) is a Moldovan-born Romanian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012[4][5] and International Master (IM) in 2013.[6]

Irina Bulmaga
Bulmaga in 2022
CountryRomania (after 2009)[1]
Moldova (before 2009)
Born (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993
Moldova
Title
FIDE rating2423 (October 2023)
Peak rating2453 (February 2020)

Biography

Between 2001 and 2009 she won multiple Moldovan Girls' Chess Championships in various age categories. She won the 1st place among Girls at the World Schools Chess Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007 and 2008 she won the Moldovan Women's Chess Championship.

Since 2009 she has represented Romania. Between 2010 and 2013 she became Romania's Girls' under 18 Champion at classical chess, rapid, blitz and solving and 3 times Romania's Girls U20 Champion.

In 2010 she won for the first time the Romanian Women's Blitz and Rapid Chess Championships. Up until 2022, she won 4 more national titles in Rapid Chess (2015,2016,[7] 2018,[8] 2022 [9]) and one more in Blitz (2016 [10]). Irina got 4 national titles in Solving (2014,2016 ,2018,[11] 2022 [12]). She became European Champion among Women in Solving in 2015.[13] In classical chess, she became 2 times runner up at the National Women's Championship (2011,[14] 2017 [15]) and won the title in 2018.[16]

She has represented Romania at seven Chess Olympiads (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018,[17] 2020,[18] 2022 [19]), winning an individual bronze medal in 2014, and at six European Chess Championship between teams (2011—2021).[20][21][22] Also, she has represented Romania at the Women's World Team Championship 2013.

She has won the Sharjah Cup for Women (UAE) in 2018 [23] and 2020 [24] and the 1st Hail International Rapid Chess Tournament for Women in Saudi Arabia (2019).[25]

In 2020, she won the FEDA WGM tournament in La Palma Island scoring 9 points out of 9.[26] In 2022 she won the 1st Capablanca Memorial among Women in Havana, Cuba.[27]

She has also won the 1st prize among women at many strong chess opens all over the world, among them: Paleochora Open, Greece (2016,2020,2021,2022),[28][29][30][31] Cap d'Agde Open, France (2014,2016),[32][33] Portugal Open (2018),[34] RTU Open, Riga, Latvia (2019),[35] Chessable Sunway Sitges Open, Spain (2022) [36] and many others.[37]

She participated in multiple European Women's Individual Chess Championships in classical chess (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011-2014, 2016-2019, 2021, 2022), her best result being the 6th place in 2022.[38]

In 2021, she participated in the Women's World Cup in Sochi, Russia, being eliminated in the 2nd round.[39]

She was part of the silver medal winner club- "CSU ASE Superbet", playing on the 1st board at the European Women's Club Cup in Mayrhofen, Austria, 2022.[40][41]

Since 2012 she has constantly been in the FIDE Top 100 rated Women in the world [42] and since December 2016 up to this day- the 1st rated Woman in Romania.[43][44]

Her sister, Elena Bulmaga, also is a chess player.[45][46]

FIDE ratings
Elo development[47]

References
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  2. "Romanian Chess Federation (2009 archive)". Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. Radio România
  4. Title Applications (WGM): Bulmaga, Irina
  5. "List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress (1-9 September 2012)". FIDE.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. Title Applications (IM): Bulmaga, Irina
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  25. "A trip to Saudi Arabia". Chess News. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  26. "Julio Suárez and Alexandr Fier prevail at GM Tournament in La Palma". Chess News. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  27. "Hans Niemann dominates Capablanca Memorial". Chess News. 30 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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  30. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 14th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT -". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  31. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 15th PALEOCHORA INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
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  35. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  36. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - IX CHESSABLE SUNWAY SITGES CHESS FESTIVAL 2022 - Group A". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  37. "The blog of Irina Bulmaga : Achievements". The blog of Irina Bulmaga. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  38. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Women Chess Championship 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  39. "Women's Chess World Cup 2021", Wikipedia, 1 November 2022, retrieved 4 February 2023
  40. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 26th European Women's Chess Club Cup 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  41. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 26th European Women's Chess Club Cup 2022". chess-results.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  42. "Bulmaga, Irina". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  43. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  44. "FIDE Chess Ranking and Statistics". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  45. Irina si Elena Bulmaga – premiante la Campionatul Mondial de sah intre elevi. 2005. (in Romanian)
  46. Elena Bulmaga @ratings.fide.com
  47. Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: FIDE (period since 2001), OlimpBase (period 1971 to 2001)

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