Tilsia Varela | |
Birthname: | Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid |
Country: | Venezuela |
Birth Place: | Maracaibo, Venezuela[1] |
Woman International Master (2013) | |
Peakrating: | 2118 (November 2022) |
Fideid: | 3903001 |
Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (born 1994), is a Venezuelan chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 2013.[2]
She has represented Venezuela at a number of Women's Chess Olympiads, including 2012, where she scored 3½/7 on board four,[3] 2014 (6/8 as first reserve) and 2016 (4/9 on board three).[4]
She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where she took Pauline Guichard to tiebreaks before eventually being defeated 2½-1½ in the first round.[5] [6]
She again qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, being eliminated by Olga Badelka in the first round.[7]