Pia Cramling
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| Pia Cramling | |
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 13th ECC, Kallithea, 2008 |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 23 April 1963 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2536 (No. 6 woman in the May 2010 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (October 2008) |
Pia Cramling (born 23 April 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish chess grandmaster. Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest female players in the world.
She regularly plays on the Swedish (Men's) team in the World Chess Olympiads, one of only three women to regularly play on the "men's" teams. In 1992, she was awarded the title of grandmaster by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She won the women's European Individual Chess Championship in 2003 and 2010.[1]
Cramling, married to the Spanish grandmaster Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez,[2] lived in Spain for a number of years.
[edit] References
- ^ "Rijeka: Nepomniachtchi, Cramling European champions". ChessBase. 18 March 2010. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6195. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Kateryna and Robert – pour la vie à jamais unis...
[edit] External links
- Pia Cramling rating card at FIDE
- Pia Cramling player profile at ChessGames.com
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