Marie Sebag
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| Full name | Marie Rachel Sebag |
| Country | France |
| Born | October 15, 1986 Paris, France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2437 (May 2024) (No. 10 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2533 (October 2008) |
| Ranking | No.863 |
Marie Sebag (born October 15, 1986 in Paris, France) is a French chess player, who won the French Chess Championship for women in 2000 and 2002.
Tournament results
In 1998 Sebag won the European Youth Chess Championship (girls under-12), a feat she repeated the next year (girls U14) and in 2002 (girls U16). In 2004 she shared first place in the World Youth Chess Championship in the category girls U18 with Jolanta Zawadzka, who defeated her in the tie-break. In 2006 she reached the quarter-finals during the Women's World Chess Championship, in which she lost to Svetlana Matveeva.
Titles
Sebag was already an IM and a WGM when she scored her second GM norm during the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament in Vlissingen in August 2007,[1] where she won a game against former FIDE World Champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov.[2] By securing a third norm during the European Individual Chess Championship, she qualified for the title of Grandmaster in May 2008.[3]
References
- ^ "End report HZ Tournament". www.chessvibes.com. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Marie Sebag vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov". ChessGames.com. 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "IX Championnat d'Europe Individuel". Europe échecs. 2008-05-02. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
External links
- Marie Sebag rating card at FIDE
- Marie Sebag player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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