Mariya Sergeyeva Explained

Maria Sergeyeva
Country:	Kazakhstan
Birth Date:	1983 4, df=y
Woman Grandmaster (2001)
Rating:	2262 (May 2022)
Peakrating:	2377 (January 2009)
Fideid:	13701037

Maria Sergeyeva (born 12 April 1983) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Biography

Four times Sergeyeva has represented Kazakhstan at the World Girls' Junior Chess Championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003), which achieved the best result in 2003, when she ranked 8th place.^[1] In 2004, Maria Sergeyeva participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Alexandra Kosteniuk.^[2]

Sergeyeva played for Kazakhstan:

• in Women's Chess Olympiad participated 6 times (1998-2004, 2008, 2012);^[3]
• in Women's Asian Team Chess Championship participated in 2003 and won individual silver medal;^[4]
• in Asian Indoor Games participated in 2007.^[5]

In 2001, she received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title and in 2016 the FIDE Trainer (FT) title.

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Sergeeva, Maria . OlimpBase.org . 7 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124541/http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/g/g4ayog2f-wu20g.html . 2018-12-09 . dead.
2. Web site: 2004 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women) . Mark-Weeks.com . 7 December 2018.
3. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Maria Sergeeva . OlimpBase.org . 7 December 2018.
4. Web site: Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Maria Sergeeva . OlimpBase.org . 7 December 2018.
5. Web site: Asian Indoor Games (chess) :: Maria Sergeeva . OlimpBase.org . 7 December 2018.