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RussianArmenianSeverodvinskchessWoman GrandmasterUnder-10 Girls' World ChampionshipUnder-16 Girls' European ChampionshipNatalia PogoninaWomen's World Chess Championship 2006FIDEZhao XueEkaterina KovalevskayaArmenian Chess ChampionshipChess Olympiads20122014World Team Chess ChampionshipsEuropean Team Chess ChampionshipsJovanka HouskaArman Pashikyan
| Maria Kursova | |
|---|---|
 Maria Kursova at the European Chess Team Championship in Warsaw 2013 | |
| Country |  Russia Armenia |
| Born | (1986-01-03) 3 January 1986 Severodvinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
| Peak rating | 2366 (July 2007) |
Maria Kursova (Russian: Мария Курсова, Armenian: Մարիա Կուրսովա; born 3 January 1986 in Severodvinsk)[1] is a Russian-Armenian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Under-10 Girls' World Championship in 1996 and the Under-16 Girls' European Championship in 2001.
Kursova tied for first place with Natalia Pogonina, placing second on countback, in the 2003 European U18 Girls Championship,[2] and was the bronze medalist in the 1998 European U12 Girls Championship.[3]
She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2006 as FIDE president nominee. Kursova defeated Zhao Xue in the first round, but she was eliminated in the second one by Ekaterina Kovalevskaya.
She plays for Armenia since 2011.[4] Kursova won the 2012 Women's Armenian Chess Championship.[5]
She played for the Armenian team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2012 and 2014, Women's World Team Chess Championships of 2011 and 2015, Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2011 and 2013.[6]
In 2016 Kursova had participated in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship at which won against two players and then tied with Jovanka Houska.[7]
Kursova is married to Armenian grandmaster Arman Pashikyan.[8]
References
^ Стипендиатка Банка Москвы Мария Курсова — среди студентов-победителей чемпионата России по шахматам (in Russian). Bank of Moscow. 18 October 2005. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ European Youth Championship Girls - U18 Chess-Results. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ European Youth Chess Championship 1998 Girls-U12 Chess-Results. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ FIDE: transfers in 2011 Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Maria Kursova wins Armenian Women's Chess Championship". PanARMENIAN.Net. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Maria Kursova team chess record at OlimpBase. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Maria Kursova ties 3rd round of European Championship". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ "Bride from the North: Armenia's naturalized Russian wins national chess title". ArmeniaNow. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
External links
Maria Kursova rating card at FIDE
Maria Kursova chess games at 365Chess.com
Maria Kursova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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