Vera Jürgens

Vera Jürgens (née Peicheva, born 5 September 1969), also known as Vera Peicheva-Jürgens, is a Bulgarian and German female chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1993 and won the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship in 1990.

Vera Jürgens
CountryBulgaria
Germany
Born (1969-09-05) 5 September 1969
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1993)

Biography

At the end of the 1980s she was one of the leading female chess players in Bulgaria. In 1987, in Sofia she won silver medal in the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship. In 1989, she won bronze medal in the European Girl's Junior Championship in U20 age group and won second place in Athens International Women's Chess Tournament behind winner Svetlana Prudnikova. In 1990, she won Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship.

She played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[1]

In 1991, she married and moved to Germany. Since 1992, she has been representing this country in chess tournaments. In 1993, in Dresden she ranked second in International Women's Chess tournament behind winner Margarita Voiska. In 1993, in Graz she won Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. In 1993, Vera Jürgens participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta where ranked 32nd place.[2] In 2002, she won silver medal in German Women's Chess Championship behind winner Gisela Fischdick.[3] In 2007, she won the German Women's Fast Chess Championship.[4]

Vera Jürgens played for Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[5]

In 1988, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later.

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Vera Peicheva". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. "1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. 10. Deutsche Schnellschachmeisterschaft der Frauen
  4. 15. Deutsche Frauen-Schnellschachmeisterschaft 2007
  5. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Vera Jürgens". www.olimpbase.org.


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