Marija Kuznecova

Marija Kuznecova
Country Latvia
Born2010
TitleWoman FIDE Master (2024)
FIDE rating2176 (September 2024)
Peak rating2192 (September 2024)

Marija Kuznecova (born 2010) is a Latvian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master. She won the Latvian Women Chess Championship in 2025.

Biography

Marija Kuznecova is a student of Riga Chess School. She is multiple winner of Latvian Youth Chess Championships in various girls' age groups: in 2019 in the G10 age group,[1] 2020 in the G10 age group,[2] 2024 in the G14 age group,[3] 2025 in the G16 age group.[4]

She has represented Latvia several times at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. In 2018, she ranked in 7th place in the girls' G8 age group at the World Youth Chess Championship.[5] In the same year, at the European Youth Chess Championship held in Riga, she took the highest place among all Latvian participants, when she ranked 14th in the girls' G8 age group.[6] In 2019, she placed 15th at the World Youth Chess Championship in the girls' G10 age group.[7] In 2024, she was 9th in the European Youth Chess Championship in the girls' G14 age group.[8]

Since 2019, she has regularly participated in the Latvian Women's Chess Championships, in which she has always placed in the top eight after her debut. Her best result in this competition was in 2025, when she became the youngest winner in the history of the Latvian Chess Championships.[9]

In 2023, at the age of 13, she became the first FIDE Candidate Master (WCM) in Latvia.[10] A year later, at the age of 14, she became a FIDE Master (WFM).[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Latvian Youth Chess Championship G-10 2019
  2. ^ Latvijas 2020. gada jauniešu čempionāta fināls G-10
  3. ^ Latvijas 2024. gada jauniešu čempionāta fināls G-14
  4. ^ Latvijas 2025. gada jauniešu čempionāta fināls G-16
  5. ^ Mazajai šahistei Marijai Kuzņecovai septītā vieta pasaules čempionātā kadetiem
  6. ^ European Youth Chess Championship G-08 - 2018
  7. ^ Jaunajai šahistei Marijai Kuzņecovai 15. vieta pasaules čempionātā
  8. ^ European Youth Chess Championship 2024 - Girls U14
  9. ^ Latvijas 2025.gada sieviešu čempionāts šahā
  10. ^ Apsveicam Mariju Kuzņecovu ar WCM titula iegūšanu!
  11. ^ Apsveicam Mariju Kuzņecovu ar WFM titula iegūšanu!
  12. ^ Marija Kuzņecova kļuvusi par desmito sieviešu FIDE meistari Latvijā


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