Anzel Solomons ( Laubscher, born 6 January 1978) is a South African

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player. She received the

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of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2003.

Career

She was awarded the title of Woman International Master for her victory in the FIDE Africa zone tournament in

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. In 2007, in

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, Anzel Solomons won a silver medal in the African Women's Chess Championship. In 2008, in

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Anzel Solomons participated in the

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, where she lost in the first round to

Xu Yuhua Xu Yuhua (born 29 October 1976) is a Chinese chess grandmaster and former Women's World Champion (2006–2008). She was China's third women's world chess champion after Xie Jun and Zhu Chen. She has been followed by Chinese women's world che ...

. In 2011, she finished 2nd in the women's international

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. In 2014, Anzel Solomons won her second silver medal in the African Women's Chess Championship. She has played for South Africa at seven

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(1998, 2006—2016) and at the World Women's Team Chess Championship in 2011. Anzel Solomons has participated twice in the Women's Chess Team tournament in the

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(2007-2011), and won the silver medal in 2007, and bronze in 2011 in the team competition, and in the individual competition she won the bronze in 2011.

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