Silvia-Raluca Sgîrcea (born 11 July 1989) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

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

FIDE title 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 ...

of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2011.

Biography

Her father taught Silvia to play chess at the age of three. In 1999, she won the

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 t ...

at the U10 age group of girls. In 2004, her family moved to

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

. In April 2005, she won the ''Progresul RATB'' Chess Cup in Bucharest. In July 2009, she shared third place in the Bulgarian Women's Chess Open Championship. In 2009 and 2012, she won the Romanian Women's Chess Blitz Championships. In 2012, she won second place in the Romanian Women's Chess Solving Championship. In 2011, Silvia-Raluca Sgîrcea graduated from

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (, abbreviated ASE) is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' (''Academia de Înalte Studii Comerciale și Indu ...

Finance, Insurance, Banking and Stock Exchanges Faculty. She worked at the Romanian telecommunications company ''Romtelecom''.

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* * * 1989 births Living people Romanian female chess players Romanian chess players Chess Woman International Masters Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni People from Drobeta-Turnu Severin Sportspeople from Mehedinți County 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-chess-bio-stub