Silvia Collas (née Aleksieva; born 4 May 1974) is a Bulgarian-French

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 who holds the titles of

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 ...

(IM) and

Woman Grandmaster 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 ...

(WGM).

Career

She won the European Girls U20 Championship in 1994. Collas played for Bulgaria 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 of 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002. In December 2002, she transferred to the

French Chess Federation The French Chess Federation (French : ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' – ''FFE'') is the national organization for chess in France. The president is Éloi Relange, the vice-presidents are Laurie Delorme and Jean-Baptiste Mullon and the ...

and since then represents France. In 2003, she won the Mediterranean women's championship in

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. In 2007 Collas became the French women's champion after winning a rapidplay playoff with

Sophie Milliet Sophie Milliet (born 2 November 1983 in Marseille) is a French chess player and six times national women's champion (2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016 and 2017). She was awarded the International Master title in March 2009, having earned the norms at ...

. She has played for the French team at the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2004. In the 2012 event Collas won an individual silver medal thanks to her rating performance of 2469 on board 4.

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* * * * 1974 births Living people Chess International Masters Chess Woman Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors French female chess players French chess players Bulgarian female chess players Bulgarian chess players Bulgarian emigrants to France Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-chess-bio-stub