Simona Limontaitė (married name Kiseleva, born 22 August 1987) is a Lithuanian

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player who holds the title of

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, 2008). She is three time winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (2005, 2017, 2024).

Biography

Her first chess trainer was Vytautas Gembutas. From 2006 International Master Vaidas Sakalauskas is her trainer. Simona Limontaitė is winner of the Lithuanian Girl's Championship (U18) in 2005. Simona Limontaitė is multiple medalist of the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championships, in which she won three gold (2005, 2017, 2024) and two bronze (2003, 2009) medals. Simona Limontaitė participated in several

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. History Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015 (OR 2016), the event has been s ...

s and

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 ...

s in different age categories. Also Simona Limontaitė participated World Girls U-20 Championship in 2007. She is participant of European Individual Women's Chess Championship in 2009. Simona Limontaitė played for Lithuania 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 2008, at third board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =2, -4), * In 2010, at second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+5, =3, -2). Simona Limontaitė played for Lithuania in the European Women's Team Chess Championship: * In 2005, at third board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in

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(+2, =1, -6). She played for the Lithuanian chess clubs ''Telšiai'' (until 2006) and ''Vilniaus fortas''. With chess club ''Panevėžys Chess Club'' Simona Limontaitė participated in

European Chess Club Cup The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with ...

in 2008. She is a graduate of the

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH) is a public university located in Vilnius, Lithuania. There are 10 faculties including Antanas Gustaitis Aviation Institute, Architecture, Business Management, Civil Engineering, Creative ...

. Her elder brother Martynas Limontas (born 1984) is chess FIDE master (FM) and Grandmaster for solving chess problems. She was married, performed under the name of her husband (including in the victorious national championship in 2017). Since 2019, she has been performing again under her maiden name.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Limontaitė, Simona 1987 births Living people People from Telšiai Sportspeople from Telšiai County Lithuanian female chess players Lithuanian chess players Chess Woman International Masters Vilnius Gediminas Technical University alumni Chess Olympiad competitors