Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya Explained

Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya
Country:	Indonesia
Birth Date:	14 January 1975
Rating:	2225 (July 1998)
Peakrating:	2260 (July 1997)
Fideid:	7100370

Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya (born 14 January 1975), also known as Maria Lucia Ratna or Maria Lucia Sulistya, is an Indonesian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1993 and is a two-time Indonesian Women's Chess Championship winner (1993, 1995).

Biography

In 1992, in Buenos Aires, Sulistya won the bronze medal at the World Girl's Junior Championship in U20 age group.^[1] She twice won Indonesian Women's Chess Championship: in 1993 and 1995. In 1993, Sulistya participated in Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Jakarta where she ranked 29th place.^[2] She represented Indonesia at the Women's Asian Team Chess Championship in 1995.^[3] In 1998, in Kuala Lumpur she shared 10th place in the Asian Women's Chess Championship.^{[4] [5]}

Sulistya played for Indonesia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[6]

• In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+6, =3, -4),
• In 1992, at third board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+6, =5, -3),
• In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+5, =3, -4),
• In 1996, at first board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+5, =6, -2).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buenos Aires 1992 - 10° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil Feminino . Buenos Aires 1992 - 10th Women's Youth World Championship . brasilbase.pro.br . pt-br . 19 December 2018 . Maria Lucia Ratna.
2. Web site: 1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women) . Mark-Weeks.com . 19 December 2018 . Maria Lucia R.
3. Web site: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya . OlimpBase.org . 19 December 2018.
4. Web site: Women's Results - Round 11 . oocities.org . 19 December 2018 . SULISTA, Maria Lucia Ratna.
5. News: New Asian woman champion . The Star . 24 April 1998 . 8 January 2022 . Maria Lucia Sulistya (Indonesia), Ngan Phan-Koshnitsky (Australia) and Anupama Gokhale (India) 6 points.
6. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Maria Lucia Ratna Sulistya . OlimpBase.org . 19 December 2018.