Anastasia Avramidou (; born 2000) is a

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chess player who holds the

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of Woman International Master (WIM, 2016).

Biography

In 2012, Anastasia Avramidou won Greek Youth Chess Championships for girls in U12 age group. She repeatedly represented Greece at the

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s and

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s in different age groups, where she won two gold medals: in 2012, in

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at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group, and in 2014, in

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at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group. Also she two times won World School Chess Championships in different age groups: in 2009, in the U09 girls age group, and in 2013, in the U13 girls age group. In 2014, Anastasia Avramidou won European School Chess Championship in the U15 girls age group. Anastasia Avramidou played for Greece in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

s: * In 2016, at third board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =4, -1), * In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+5, =4, -1). Anastasia Avramidou played for Greece in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

s: * In 2017, at fourth board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+4, =3, -2). In 2016, she was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title.

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