Ana Matnadze was introduced to chess at the age of four by her mother.
20 Facts About Ana Matnadze
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Ana Matnadze was trained by Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, amongst others.
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Ana Matnadze won the Georgian girls' championship in her age group four times.
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Ana Matnadze won the European Youth Chess Championships in her age girls group five times, in Baile Herculane 1994, Verdun 1995, Tallinn 1997, Mureck 1998, and Litochoro 1999.
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Ana Matnadze won the World Youth Chess Championships twice, in the Girls U10 category in 1993 and in the Girls U14 in 1997.
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Ana Matnadze finished second, behind Regina Pokorna, in the European Junior Girls Championship in Patras 1999, and third, behind Jovanka Houska and Viktorija Cmilyte, in Aviles 2000.
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Ana Matnadze jointly won the Black Sea Countries Women's Championship in Batumi 2000.
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Together with Maia Lomineishvili, Ana Matnadze jointly won the Georgian Women's Championship in April 2002.
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Ana Matnadze played for Georgian teams NTN Tbilisi and Energy-Investi Sakartvelo in the European Club Cup for Women five times from 2002 to 2006.
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Ana Matnadze moved to Barcelona and won the Catalan Women's Championship in Balaguer in 2006.
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Ana Matnadze has been the women's champion of the Catalan Chess Circuit in 2008,2009,2010, and 2011.
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Ana Matnadze won international tournaments in Mondariz-Balneario 2007, Las Palmas 2009, Tancat Sabadell 2010, and Benidorm 2011.
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In March 2012, Ana Matnadze transferred national federations to represent Spain.
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Ana Matnadze won individual medals at the Women's European Team Championship in 2013 and 2017.
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Ana Matnadze is a trainer at the chess club Associacio d'Escacs Rubinenca in Barcelona, and in the InterAjedrez Academia.
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Ana Matnadze plays in the teams Peona i Peo in Spain, Annemasse in France, Volksbank Halle in the German Bundesliga, and Ankara Demirspor Kulubu in Turkey.
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Ana Matnadze is involved in other chess activities in Catalonia.
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In 2003, Ana Matnadze graduated from the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University, Foreign Language and literature department, with a degree in philology.
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Ana Matnadze knows seven languages, Georgian, Spanish, German, English, Russian, Portuguese, and Catalan.
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Ana Matnadze received the Grantee of the Foundation of the President of Georgia award in 1998 and 2003, and she was a holder of the scholarship stipend established by the President of Georgia in 2001.