Nadya Toncheva | |
Country: | Bulgaria |
Birth Place: | Sofia, Bulgaria |
FIDE Master (2021) Woman Grandmaster (2024) | |
Peakrating: | 2321 (October 2020) |
Fideid: | 2924056 |
Nadya Toncheva is a Bulgarian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2024).
Nadya Toncheva began playing chess at the age of seven. Since 2016 she has been coached by Bulgarian Grandmaster Vladimir Dimitrov.
In 2022, Nadya Toncheva won a silver medal in the Bulgarian Women Individual Rapid Chessa Championship.[1] In 2023 she won a bronze medal in the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship.[2] In March 2023 in Petrovac, Budva she finished 9th in the European Individual Chess Championship.[3] In April 2024 in Rhodes, Greece she finished 7th (2nd-9th tied) in European Individual Chess Championship.[4]
In August 2023, in Baku Nadya Toncheva participated in the single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup and lost in 1st round to Woman Grandmaster Deimantė Cornette.[5]
In 2021, she was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title and received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title a year later. In 2024 Nadya Toncheva has obtained a title of Woman Grandmaster. [6]