Woman Grandmaster
Which title was conferred to Ana Matnadze in 2002?
Ana Matnadze Ana Matnadze ( ; born 20 February 1983 ) is a Georgian-Spanish chess player . FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster ( WGM ) , in 2002 , and International Master ( IM ) , in 2006 . Matnadze was European and world girls champion in her age category . Chess career . Matnadze was introduced to chess at the age of four by her mother . She was trained by Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili , amongst others . She won the Georgian girls championship in her age group four times ( in 1992 , 1993 , 1994 and 1998 ) . She won the European Youth Chess Championships in her age girls group five times , in Băile Herculane 1994 , Verdun 1995 , Tallinn 1997 , Mureck 1998 , and Litochoro 1999 . Matnadze also won the World Youth Chess Championships twice , in the Girls U10 category in 1993 and in the Girls U14 in 1997 . Matnadze finished second , behind Regina Pokorná , in the European Junior Girls Championship in Patras 1999 , and third , behind Jovanka Houska and Viktorija Cmilyte , in Avilés 2000 . She jointly won the Black Sea Countries Womens Championship in Batumi 2000 . Together with Maia Lomineishvili , Matnadze jointly won the Georgian Womens Championship in April 2002 . In the same year , she won the European Womens Blitz Chess Championship in Antalya . She played for Georgian teams NTN Tbilisi and Energy-Investi Sakartvelo in the European Club Cup for Women five times from 2002 to 2006 . During that time she won two team gold medals and two individual silver ( in İzmir 2004 and Saint-Vincent 2005 ) , two team silver ( in Rethymno 2003 and Fügen 2006 ) , and the team bronze in Antalya 2002 . In June 2004 , she and Lela Javakhishvili published a letter to FIDE , in which they criticized various aspects of the Womens World Chess Championship 2004 , leading to a hostile dispute with FIDE Vice-President Zurab Azmaiparashvili . After initially cancelling her participation , Matnadze was later convinced to play in the event , but was eliminated by Olga Alexandrova in round one . Matnadze moved to Barcelona and won the Catalan Womens Championship in Balaguer in 2006 . She has been the womens champion of the Catalan Chess Circuit in 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , and 2011 . She won international tournaments in Mondariz-Balneario 2007 , Las Palmas 2009 , Tancat Sabadell ( Women ) 2010 , and Benidorm ( Women ) 2011 . In March 2012 , Matnadze transferred national federations to represent Spain . Since then she has played on the Spanish team in the Womens Chess Olympiad and in the Womens European Team Chess Championship . In 2018 , she won an individual bronze medal playing board three in the Womens Olympiad in Batumi . Matnadze also won individual medals at the Womens European Team Championship in 2013 ( silver on board three ) and 2017 ( bronze on board three ) . She is a trainer at the chess club Associació dEscacs Rubinenca in Barcelona , and in the InterAjedrez Academia . She plays in the teams Peona i Peó in Spain , Annemasse in France , Volksbank Halle in the German Bundesliga , and Ankara Demirspor Kulübü in Turkey . She is also involved in other chess activities in Catalonia ( Spain ) . Personal life . In 2003 , Matnadze graduated from the Tbilisi Ivane Javakhishvili State University , Foreign Language and Literature Department , with a Degree in Philology ( German Language and Literature ) . She knows seven languages , Georgian , Spanish , German , English , Russian , Portuguese , and Catalan . She 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 . Matnadze is dedicated to the support of international charities . she participated in events such as the chess tournament in Tbilisi to help flood victims in Western Georgia ( 2005 ) , the charity tournament Chess Against Drugs in Tbilisi ( 2006 ) , the exchange program Chess and Friendship in Georgia and Spain ( 2006 ) , the exchange program Chess for peace and understanding in Georgia and Spain ( 2007 ) , and the chess project We Play For Peace in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ( 2009 ) . Since 2005 , she has been the President of the International Charity Movement Chess – A Peace Ambassador , a non-profit organisation which has already conducted many international chess and charity events . Matnadze has a fascination with Vampires and is the main character in a book by Miguel Alvarez Morales , AnnA La Vampiresa ( Spanish Edition ) ( 2012 , ) . She currently lives in Barcelona , Spain . External links . - Ana Matnadze chess games at 365Chess.com - Ana Matnadze team chess record at Olimpbase.org - Interview with WGM Ana Matnadze by Renier Castellanos