Eva Moser (26 July 1982 – 31 March 2019) was an

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player. She was awarded the titles

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(IM), in 2004, and

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(WGM), in 2003, by

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. Moser won both the absolute and women's Austrian chess championships. She competed in the

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Chess career

Moser started playing chess at the age of 10. She won the Austrian chess championship for girls, in various age groups, eight times. In 1998 Moser won the silver medal at the Under 16 girls' event of the European Youth Chess Championships in

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, behind Ana Matnadze, who won on tie-break. In team events, Moser has represented Austria in the

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since 2000, open section (commonly referred to as "men's section") of the 36th Chess Olympiad in 2004, Women's

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since 2003, and open section of the Mitropa Cup (1999, 2002, 2004). Moser was awarded by

the titles of

(WGM) in 2003 (Austria's first one) and

(IM) in 2004. In 2006, she won the

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, becoming the first woman to do so. She won the Austrian women's championship in 2010 and 2011. Tournament victories include the

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women's event in 2000,

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Open in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and Chess Ladies

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in 2012 and 2013. In 2006/07 her Austrian First League team ''Styria Graz'' became Austrian Team Champion. She used to play for the team ''Wolfsberg'' in Austria; and OSG ''Baden-Baden'' in the German Women's

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, winning at least five times, and dominating for many years. Her personal trainer was the Bulgarian (later Austrian) Grandmaster Ilia Balinov. Moser also published a small number of instructional chess DVDs with

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Personal life

Moser completed a degree in Business Administration in

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in 2009. She worked for the Austrian chess magazine "Schach-Aktiv". Eva Moser died of

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on 31 March 2019Schulz, André (2019-04-03)
"Eva Moser (July 26, 1982 - March 31, 2019) has died at 36"
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