Former women’s world champion Antoaneta Stefanova was born April 19, 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She became the twelfth titleholder in 2004 in a 64-player knockout tournament held in Elista. She was just four years old when she taught chess...
Stefanova defeats Kosteniuk at RTC
On the women side, the most significant results are Stefanova defeating Kosteniuk and Kovalevskaya defeating Muzychuk. Round 2 results: 1 6 [2.0] ShSM 2.0 – 2.0 AVS [1.5] 4 1 [0.5] 2524 Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0 – 1 Stefanova, Antoaneta...
Topalov and Stefanova to lead Bulgaria
Bulgaria set for the European Team Chess ChampionshipTopalov and Stefanova to play on the first boardsReport by Chessdom The European Team Chess Championship is set to take place on 21-31st October in Novi Sad, Serbia. Novi Sad is a...
The King and Queen of Bulgarian Chess
Former World Champion and Women’s World Champion Topalov and Stefanova Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yifan defeats former WWC Stefanova
GM Hou Yifan (2571) – GM Stefanova (2557) [C54]09.03.2009, Women’s Grand Prix 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.h3 Ng6 9.Nf1 h6 10.Ng3 0–0 11.0–0 Nh7 12.d4 c6 13.Be3 Ng5 14.Kh1...
Interview with Stefanova by chessdom
Interview with Antoaneta Stefanova about the challengers match and her future plansby Chessdom.com Q: Hello Antoaneta, you had probably observed the games of your compatriot Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky, what are your impressions about this match? A: Of...
Special interview with Stefanova
08. 11. 2008 Interview with former Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova by Anna MatnadzeOrganizing committee of the recent Barcelona Casino Magistral tournament.Anna’s blog is http://lasaventurasdesarakhatkhan.blogspot.com/ Cuando Antón Stefanov enseñó a jugar al ajedrez a sus dos hijas pequeñas, aún...
4 medals for Stefanova
Antoaneta Stefanova with at least four medals from the beginning of OctoberPublished on: 04.11.2008, 17:38Author: Diana Stoykova Four medals, two golden and two silver, has won gross master Antoaneta Stefanova during the last month. First in the Chinese capital...
Grandmaster Analysis
(BUL) Stefanova A. (2548) – (ENG) Houska Jovanka (2399) [D10]WMSG Rapid (11), 07.10.2008[Analysis by GM Azmaiparashvili] 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6 9.Rc1 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Na4 The former...