Anna-Maja Kazarian

Anna-Maja Kazarian (born 7 January 2000) is a Dutch chess player and Twitch streamer who holds the title of FIDE Master (FM, 2015) and Woman International Master (WIM, 2017).

Anna-Maja Kazarian
Karlsruher 2019
Country Netherlands
Born (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000
Heerenveen, Netherlands
TitleFIDE Master (2015)
Woman International Master (2017)
Peak rating2320 (April 2016)

Biography

She was born in a family who arrived in the Netherlands from Georgia. Anna-Maja Kazarian became interested in chess at the age of six. She was twenty-time winner of the Dutch Girls' and Youth Chess Championships.[1] Anna-Maja Kazarian participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships. In 2012 in Prague she won silver medal in European Youth Chess Championship in Girls U12 age category and gained her Women FIDE Master (WFM) title.[2] In 2015 in Poreč she won European Youth Chess Championship in Girls U16 age category.[3]

Anna-Maja Kazarian played for the Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

Anna-Maja Kazarian played for the Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championships:[5]

  • In 2015, at reserve board in the 11th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavík (+5, =2, -1) and won individual bronze medal,
  • In 2017, at reserve board in the 12th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Crete (+1, =2, -2).[6]

In 2015, she was awarded the FIDE Master (FM) title and received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title two years later.[7]

On 29 November 2020 Kazarian won the Dutch Women's Internet Chess Championship 2020. In the finals she beat Machteld van Foreest 5-2.[8]

References
  1. User, Super. "Anna-Maja - Biography". www.anna-maja.nl. Archived from the original on 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  2. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Youth Chess Championship G12". chess-results.com.
  3. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 25th European Youth Chess Championship 2015 U16 - Girls". chess-results.com.
  4. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
  5. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Anna-Maja Kazarian". www.olimpbase.org.
  6. http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - European Team Chess Championship 2017". chess-results.com.
  7. Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
  8. "Official website of the 2020 Dutch Women's Internet Chess Championship (Dutch)".
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