Zirka Frometa

Zirka Frometa
Country	Cuba
Born	(1963-06-07) 7 June 1963 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Title	Woman International Grandmaster (WGM) (2008)

Zirka Frometa (born 7 Juny 1963), is a Cuban Woman International Grandmaster (WGM, 2008). She is a three-times winner the Cuban Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

From the early 1980s to the mid 2000s, Zirka Frometa is one of the leading chess players in the Cuba. Three times she won the Cuban Women's Chess Championships: 1981, 1983, 1987. In 2008 in San Salvador she won Pan American Women's Championship.

Zirka Frometa two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

• In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Havana shared 11th-12th place with Asela de Armas Pérez;
• In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Tuzla ranked 17th place.

Zirka Frometa played for Cuba in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+6, =1, -4),
• In 1986, at third board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai (+8, =2, -2) and won individual bronze medal,
• In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+7, =2, -4),
• In 1990, at first reserve board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+7, =0, -4),
• In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+4, =1, -5),
• In 2002, at third board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled (+3, =2, -5).

In 1979, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) in 2008.

External links

• Zirka Frometa player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Zirka Frometa chess games at 365Chess.com