Antoaneta Stefanova
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| Full name | Antoaneta Stefanova (Антоанета Стефанова) |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Born | April 19, 1979 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| Women's World Champion | 2004-2006 |
| FIDE rating | 2526 (May 2013) (No. 19 woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2560 (January 2003, May 2010, July 2010) |
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgarian: Антоанета Стефанова; born April 19, 1979) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion. She became the tenth holder of that title in 2004 in a 64-player knockout tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia under the auspices of FIDE.
Stefanova was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her passion for chess was first inspired when she was just four years old, receiving her first lessons from her father, Andon Stefanov, a designing artist.
- At the age of seven, Stefanova became a Sofia champion.
- In 1989, Stefanova swept the world chess crown for kids (under 10) in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico and later the same year triumphed in the under-14 Czech championship.
- Since 1994, Stefanova has successively competed in grandmaster championships, taking even seventh among male nationals in 1993.
- In 1997 Stefanova's FIDE rating broke into the top ten of women worldwide. Also she earned the title of Grandmaster in June 2003, a title then held by only ten other women.
- She has played for Bulgaria in ten Chess Olympiads so far, all from 1992-2010, starting in Manila, the Philippines in 1992 when she was just 13.
- In 2000, her coach promoted her to the Bulgarian men's team for the Istanbul Olympiad.
- In 2012, Stefanova became the first Women's World Rapid Chess Champion in the first event of this type held for women.
- She was the runner-up in the Women's World Chess Championship 2012, losing to Anna Ushenina in the final on the tie-break.
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- Antoaneta Stefanova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Antoaneta Stefanova player profile and games at chess-db.com
- Interview With GM Antoaneta Stefanova
- Antoaneta Stefanova is World Rapid Champion 2012
| Preceded by Zhu Chen |
Women's World Chess Champion 2004–2006 |
Succeeded by Xu Yuhua |
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