Zahira El Ghabi Explained

Zahira El Ghabi
Country:	Morocco
Woman FIDE Master (2005)
Rating:	2029 (April 2006)
Peakrating:	2039 (January 2005)
Fideid:	9000500

Zahira El Ghabi is a Moroccan Woman FIDE master (WFM, 2005).^[1]

Chess career

In the early 2000s, she was one of the leading Moroccan chess players. In 2000, Zahira El Ghabi participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Julia Demina.^[2]

Zahira El Ghabi played for Morocco in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[3]

• In 2000, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+6, =1, -0) and won individual gold medal.

Since 2006 she rarely participated in chess tournaments.

External links

• Zahira El Ghabi chess games at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Book: Felice, Gino Di. Chess International Titleholders, 1950-2016. 22 November 2017. McFarland. 9781476671321. Google Books.
2. Web site: 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
3. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ghaby El-Zahira. www.olimpbase.org.