| Maria Leconte | |
| Country: | Soviet Union Ukraine France (from 1998) |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1970 |
| Woman Grandmaster (2002) | |
| Peakrating: | 2377 (January 2007) |
| Fideid: | 618446 |
Maria Leconte (née Nepeina, also Nepeina-Leconte; born 12 March 1970) is a Ukrainian and French chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2002). She is Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship three times winner (1989, 1991, 1992), French Women's Chess Championship winner (2001), European Women's Team Chess Championship winner (2001).
In the late 1980s, she competed in the finals of the Soviet Union Youth Chess Championships. In 1990, in Odesa she won a bronze medal in Academic World Chess Championship|Academic World Championship.[1] She three times won Ukrainian Women's Chess Championships: 1989, 1991, and 1992.
She has been representing France since 1998. In 1999, in Saint-Vincent she participated in Women's World Chess Championship West Europe Zonal Tournament and shared 2nd-3rd place (behind Monica Calzetta Ruiz) but lost additional match for 2nd place to Jovanka Houska with 1½:2½.[2] [3]
She won seven medals in French Women's Chess Championships: gold (2001), 2 silver (2008, 2009) and 4 bronze (1999, 2005, 2006, 2010).
Maria Leconte played for France in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[4]
Maria Leconte played for France in the European Women's Team Chess Championships:[5]
In 2002, she was awarded the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title.