| Adriana Nikolova | |
| Full Name: | Adriana Kostadinova Nikolova |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Birth Date: | 1988 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria |
| Woman Grandmaster (2011) | |
| Peakrating: | 2389 (November 2009) |
Adriana Kostadinova Nikolova (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Адриана Костадинова Николова; born November 8, 1988) is a Bulgarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is Bulgaria's newest WGM and her chess club team is Lokomotiv 2000 from Plovdiv,[1] with which she has won three national championships.[2]
In November 2008, Nikolova earned the title of Woman International Master (WIM).[3] She has so far represented her country in six major chess championships: the European Team Chess Championship, which was held in Novi Sad in 2009 (scoring 1.5/7 on Board 2),[4] the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (achieving 5/9 on Board 3),[5] the 2011 European Team Chess Championship hosted at the Porto Carras resort in Greece (managing 4.5/7 on Board 4),[6] the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (finishing with 5/9 points on Board 3),[7] the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (securing 6/9 points on Board 3),[8] as well as the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku (her final score being 6/10 on Board 3).[9]
In July 2011, she received a gold medal and an official certificate to honour her achievement in becoming a woman grandmaster.[10] Nikolova also won the 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Women Chess Championship (scoring 9/11).