Sharmin Sultana Shirin Explained

Sharmin Sultana Shirin
Country:Bangladesh
Fideid:10204482
Peakrating:2052 (November 2015)

Sharmin Sultana Shirin (Bengali: শারমিন সুলতানা শিরিন, born 26 January 1989) is a Bangladeshi chess player[1] and two-time winner of the Women's Bangladeshi Chess Championship (2009 and 2013).[2] In 2013, she became the sixth female Bangladeshi player to receive the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM).[3] [4] She earned the Woman International Master title (WIM) in 2019.

Chess career

She played chess at the 2010 Asian Games in the women's team standard and women's individual rapid events.[5] She competed at the Chess Olympiads three times with the Bangladeshi women's chess team (2010, 2012, and 2014).[6] She also played in the women's individual standard events at the 2013 and 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

She was a participant at the Women's Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi,[7] where she was defeated by American player Carissa Yip in the first round.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharmin Shirin Sultana . Chess-DB.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150328022456/http://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=10204482 . 28 March 2015 . 11 June 2015.
  2. News: https://archive.ittefaq.com.bd/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMTFfMTNfMV84XzFfMTAzODE= . bn:শিরোপা ফিরে পেলেন শিরিন . Shirin gets the title back" . . bn . 8 November 2018 . 8 January 2022.
  3. News: Shirin achieves FM title . . Hoque . Shishir . 29 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150612234110/http://www.dhakatribune.com/chess/2013/may/29/shirin-achieves-fm-title . 11 June 2015 . 12 June 2015 . National Woman Chess Champion Sharmin Sultana Shirin achieved Woman Fide Master title.
  4. Web site: Sultana, Sharmin Shirin . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150612163627/http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=10204482 . 12 June 2015 . 8 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Asian Games (chess - women) :: Sharmin Shirin Sultana . OlimpBase.org . 8 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Sharmin Shirin Sultana . OlimpBase.org . 8 January 2022.
  7. News: Ziaur, Niaz, Sharmin left for Russia . . 7 July 2021 . 8 January 2022 . Grandmaster (GM) Ziaur Rahman and GM Niaz Murshed and Women's International Master (WIM) Sharmin Sultana Shirin left for Russia today by Turkish Airlines to take part in the FIDE World Cup Chess 2021 and FIDE Women's World Cup Chess 2021.
  8. News: Ziaur, Niaz, Sharmin's World Cup chess mission begins . . 13 July 2021 . 8 January 2022 . WIM Sharmin Sultana Shirin (rating-2011) is scheduled to face American International Master and Women's Grand Master Yip Carissa (rating-2430).