Marie Sebag
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Marie SebagMarie Sebag (born October 15, 1986 in Paris
, France
) is a French chess
player, who won the French Chess Championship
for women in 2000 and 2002.
(girls under-12), a feat she repeated the next year (girls U14) and in 2002 (girls U16). In 2004 she shared first place in the World Youth Chess Championship
in the category girls U18 with Jolanta Zawadzka
, who defeated her in the tie-break. In 2006 she reached the quarter-finals during the Women's World Chess Championship
, in which she lost to Svetlana Matveeva
.
during the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament in Vlissingen in August 2007, where she won a game against former FIDE World Champion
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
. By securing a third norm during the European Individual Chess Championship she qualified for the title of Grandmaster in May 2008.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French 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...
player, who won the French Chess Championship
French Chess Championship
The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923after the formation of the Fédération Française des Echecs in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence, where further edition...
for women in 2000 and 2002.
Tournament results
In 1998 Sebag won the European Youth Chess ChampionshipEuropean Youth Chess Championship
Since 1991, the European chess union organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. Until 2002, there was also a tournament for the under 20, see European Junior Chess Championship.-Boys winners:...
(girls under-12), a feat she repeated the next year (girls U14) and in 2002 (girls U16). In 2004 she shared first place in the World Youth Chess Championship
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 the category girls U18 with Jolanta Zawadzka
Jolanta Zawadzka
Jolanta Zawadzka is a Polish chess player. In 2004 she won the World Youth Chess Championship for girls U18. She won the gold medal with the Polish team in the European Team chess championship in Goteborg in 2005 and a silver medal at same competition in Heraklion 2007. In 2006 she won the Polish...
, who defeated her in the tie-break. In 2006 she reached the quarter-finals during the Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
, in which she lost to Svetlana Matveeva
Svetlana Matveeva
Svetlana Matveeva is a chess player from Russia. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship...
.
Titles
Sebag was already an IM and a WGM when she scored her second GM normGrandmaster norm
A norm in chess is one of the requirements to receive a title such as Grandmaster from FIDE.- Grandmaster norm :In order to qualify for the title of Grandmaster of chess, a title awarded by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, a player must achieve three or more grandmaster norms in events covering a...
during the Hogeschool Zeeland tournament in Vlissingen in August 2007, where she won a game against former FIDE World Champion
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Rustam Kasimdzhanov is an Uzbekistani chess Grandmaster, best known for winning the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004. He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic...
. By securing a third norm during the European Individual Chess Championship she qualified for the title of Grandmaster in May 2008.