Elena Köpke Explained

Elena Köpke
Country:Uzbekistan (until 2003)
Germany (since 2003)
Birth Date:27 February 1984
Birth Place:Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Woman Grandmaster (2007)
Peakrating:2346 (September 2010)
Fideid:14200686

Elena Köpke (Levushkina, born 27 February 1984) is an Uzbekistan-born German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2007).

Biography

Köpke participated in World Youth Chess Championships in various girl's age groups, who twice ranked in the top ten (1998, 2000). In 2001, she ranked 9th in Asian Women's Chess Championship. In 2001, she participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Alisa Marić.[1]

Since 2002, she lives in Munich and represent Germany. In 2006, she won the Bavaria Junior Chess Championship in the U25 age group for men. In 2014, she won Bad Ragaz international chess tournament Osteropen 2014.[2]

Köpke played for Uzbekistan and Germany:

In 2001, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title six year later.

She graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich computational linguistics doctorate.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women). Mark-Weeks.com.
  2. Web site: 9. Intern. Bad Ragazer Osteropen 2014. Chess-Results.com.
  3. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Elena Levushkina. OlimpBase.org.
  4. Web site: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Elena Levushkina. OlimpBase.org.
  5. Web site: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Elena Levushkina. OlimpBase.org.