Mähri Geldiýewa ( Ovezova, born 4 April 1973) is a Turkmen chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Chess career In 1993 in Kozhikode Geldiýewa won the bronze medal in the World Girls U-20 Championship. In 1998 in Pahang, Malaysia, she won the bronze medal in the Asian women's Chess Championship.New Asian woman champion, Quah Seng Sun, 24.04.1998, chesscolumn.20m.com In 2009, she divided the second place in the international chess tournament in Sari2nd Fajr Int. Women’s Open 2009 and won Turkmenistan women's chess championship.Championship of Turkmenistan (women) 2009
In 1996 Geldiýewa awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) and in 1998 the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. She became the first and so far the only Turkmen women chess player who received a Woman Grandmaster title. Teams Geldiýewa has played from 1986 to 1991 for Turkmenistan in Soviet Women's Team Chess Championships.OlimpBase :: Soviet Women's Team Chess Championship :: Mekhri Ovezova She has played for Turkmenistan in 7 Chess Olympiads (1994-2002, 2006, 2010) and won two individual gold medals at Board 1 in 32nd Chess Olympiad (1996) and 33rd Chess Olympiad (1998).OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Mekhri Geldieva In 2010 she played in the Asian Games.OlimpBase :: Asian Games (chess - women) :: Mekhri Geldieva
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