Adriana Kostadinova Nikolova (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Адриана Костадинова Николова; born November 8, 1988) is a Bulgarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is Bulgaria's newest WGM and her chess club team is Lokomotiv 2000 from Plovdiv, with which she has won three national championships.Интервю с шампионката на България за 2011 г. - гросмайстор Адриана Николова, 1 февруари 2013-та
In November 2008, Nikolova earned the title of Woman International Master (WIM).Nikolova, Adriana , FIDE Title Applications, 79th FIDE Congress, 16–26 November 2008, Dresden, GER She has so far represented her country in six major chess championships: the European Team Chess Championship, which was held in Novi Sad in 2009 (scoring 1.5/7 on Board 2),Team-Composition for federation BUL, 17th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2009, chess-results.com the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (achieving 5/9 on Board 3),Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 39th Olympiad Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 Women tournament, chess-results.com the 2011 European Team Chess Championship hosted at the Porto Carras resort in Greece (managing 4.5/7 on Board 4),Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women, 18th European Women's Team Chess Championship 2011, http://euro2011.chessdom.com/ the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (finishing with 5/9 points on Board 3),Team-Composition for federation BUL - Women , 40th Olympiad Istanbul 2012 Women tournament, chess-results.com the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (securing 6/9 points on Board 3),Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 41st Olympiad Tromsø 2014 Women tournament, chess-results.com as well as the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Baku (her final score being 6/10 on Board 3).Team composition for federation BUL - Women, 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women tournament, chess-results.com
In July 2011, she received a gold medal and an official certificate to honour her achievement in becoming a woman grandmaster. Nikolova also won the 2011 edition of the Bulgarian Women Chess Championship (scoring 9/11).
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External links
Profile at Chessbgnet.org