Corina Isabela Peptan is a Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master. Her peak FIDE rating was 2485 in July 2003, the highest ranked Romanian woman player ever.

She is a former World Youth Chess Champion

World Youth Chess Championship

The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...

 in all girls categories: Under 10 years in Timişoara

Timisoara

Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 1988, Under 12 years in Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac

-United States:*Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin**Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ***Fond du Lac High School***University of Wisconsin–Fond du Lac***Fond du Lac Light, a lighthouse**Fond du Lac , Wisconsin**North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin...

, United States

United States

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 1990, Under 14 years in Warsaw

Warsaw

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, Poland

Poland

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 1991, and Under 18 years in Guarapuava Brazil

Brazil

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 1995.

The results in the Women's World Chess Championship

Women's World Chess Championship

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 include: quarterfinals in New Delhi

New Delhi

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 2000; 3rd Round in Moscow

Moscow

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 2001 and 2nd round in Elista

Elista

-Twin towns/sister cities:Elista is twinned with the following sister cities. Howell, New Jersey, United States Lhasa, Tibet, China. Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia-See also:*Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery*Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume-External links:...

 2004.

Played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad

Women's Chess Olympiad

The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE since 1957 , where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals....

s of 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 (8 times). Won a silver medal in third board in Moscow 1994 and silver medal in second board in Calvia

Calvià

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 2004.

She was Romanian Woman Champion

Romanian Chess Championship

The Romanian Chess Championship became a yearly even in 1946, and was held irregularly earlier. A series of national eliminating contests are played to select a 20-player field for the men's final...

 in 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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