Sulennis Piña Vega Explained

Country:	Cuba
Woman Grandmaster (2002)
Peakrating:	2358 (January 2006)
Fideid:	3503151

Sulennis Piña Vega (born 8 January 1981) is a Cuban chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the American Continental Women's Championship in 2001^[1] and 2005.^[2] These two victories qualified her to play in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2001 and 2006 respectively. She was knocked out in the first round by Xu Yuanyuan in the former and by Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in the latter. Also in 2006, Piña Vega won the Pan American Women's Championship in San Salvador.^[3]

Piña Vega also twice won the Cuban women's championship, in 2005 and 2014. She has played for the Cuban team in the Women's Chess Olympiads since 2002.^[4]

External links

• • Sulennis Pina Vega chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: I America Women Continental Championship. Uvencio Blanco. 26 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20020306133616/http://www.uvencioblanco.com.ve/contwomens9.htm. 2002-03-06.
2. Web site: American Continental Women's Championship 2005. FIDE. 26 November 2015.
3. Web site: San Salvador 2006 - 7° Campeonato Panamericano Feminino. Wanderley da Nóbrega. Adaucto. BrasilBase. 2017-08-11.
4. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/8iwee0mj.html Women's Chess Olympiads: Sulennis Piña Vega