Szidónia Lázárné Vajda (née Vajda; born 20 January 1979) is a Romanian-Hungarian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the women's Hungarian Chess Championship in 2004 and 2015.
| Szidonia Vajda | |
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| Full name | Lázárné Vajda Szidónia |
| Country | Hungary |
| Born | 20 January 1979 Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania |
| Title | International Master (2003) Woman Grandmaster (1998) |
| Peak rating | 2418 (January 2008) |
In 1995 she won the Under-16 girls' section of the European Youth Chess Championship.
She played in the bronze medal-winning Romanian team in the 3rd Women's European Team Chess Championship in Batumi 1999[1] and played for Hungary in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008.[2]
In 2009, she won the 1st Teller Ede Memorial in Paks.[3]
She is the sister of GM Levente Vajda.[4]
References
edit- ^ "3rd European Team Chess Championship (women): Batumi 1999". OlimpBase. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads: Szidónia Vajda". OlimpBase. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "1st Teller Ede Memorial WGM". FIDE. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ "The chess games of Szidonia Vajda". ChessGames.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
External links
edit- Szidonia Vajda rating card at FIDE
- Szidonia Vajda chess games at 365Chess.com
- Szidonia Vajda player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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