12 Facts About Antoaneta Stefanova

Antoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2004 to 2006.

Antoaneta Stefanova has represented Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiad in 2000 and the Women's Chess Olympiad since 1992.

In 1989, Stefanova won the Girls U10 section at the World Youth Chess Festival in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Antoaneta Stefanova tied for fourth place in the 4th Hawaii International Chess Tournament in 1997 scoring 7 points out of 10 games.

Thanks to this result Antoaneta Stefanova achieved her first norm for the title Grandmaster.

Antoaneta Stefanova played in the open section at the 2000 Chess Olympiad.

In 2001, Antoaneta Stefanova tied for first place in the 19th Andorra Open.

Antoaneta Stefanova was awarded the title of Grandmaster at the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Doha in July 2002 as the ninth woman to ever have reached that rank.

Antoaneta Stefanova became the tenth Women's World Chess Champion in June 2004 by winning a 64-player knockout tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia, under the auspices of FIDE.

In 2012, Antoaneta Stefanova won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship.

Antoaneta Stefanova was the runner-up in the Women's World Chess Championship 2012, losing to Anna Ushenina in the final on the tie-break.

In 2017, Antoaneta Stefanova won two gold medals at the IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China, in the women's rapid chess event and the women's blitz chess event.