Adriana Kostadinova Nikolova (

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: Адриана Костадинова Николова; born November 8, 1988) is a Bulgarian

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player who holds the

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of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is Bulgaria's newest WGM and her chess club team is Lokomotiv 2000 from

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, with which she has won three national championships. In November 2008, Nikolova earned the title of

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(WIM). She has so far represented her country in six major chess championships: the

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, which was held in

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in 2009 (scoring 1.5/7 on Board 2), the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (achieving 5/9 on Board 3), the 2011

hosted at the

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resort in Greece (managing 4.5/7 on Board 4), the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (finishing with 5/9 points on Board 3), the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (securing 6/9 points on Board 3), as well as the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku (her final score being 6/10 on Board 3). In July 2011, she received a gold medal and an official certificate to honour her achievement in becoming a woman grandmaster. Nikolova also won the 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Women Chess Championship (scoring 9/11).

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Profile at Chessbgnet.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolova, Adriana 1988 births Living people Bulgarian female chess players Bulgarian chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters Sportspeople from Stara Zagora Chess Olympiad competitors