Ivana Maria Furtado
Ivana Maria Furtado (born 16 March 1999) is a chess prodigy from Goa, India. She won the Under-8 World Youth Chess Championship twice in a row in 2006 and 2007, and won second place in the 2009 Under-10. Her FIDE Elo rating as of March 2019 is 2139, and she holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM).
| Ivana Maria Furtado | |
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.jpg.webp) Furtado in 2012 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 16 March 1999 |
| Title | Woman International Master (2012) |
| Peak rating | 2277 (November 2015) |
Ivana won gold in the Under 12 category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2009 in Singapore on 14 December 2009.[1]
She became Woman FIDE Master in 2011 [2] and became a Woman International Master in June 2012. [3]
She got her first Woman Grandmaster norm by winning the Girls title at the Asian Junior Chess Championship, Tashkent in June 2012.[4]
References
- "7 Medals for India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship - 2009". indianchessfed.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- "Ivana gets FIDE WFM rating". ibnlive.in.com. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012.
- "Ivana Maria, Furtado". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- Hari Hara Nandanan (7 June 2012). "Srinath, Ivana win Asian Junior Chess titles". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
External links
- Ivana Maria Furtado rating card at FIDE
- Ivana Maria Furtado player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Ivana Furtado wins world under-8 Asian Youth Chess Championship Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Ivana Furtado retains title of the world under-8 chess championship at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-06-06)
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