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maria kursova

maria kursova -lrb- , ; born january 3 , 1986 in severodvinsk -rrb- is a russian-armenian chess player holding the title of woman grandmaster .
she won the under-10 girls ' world championship in 1996 and the under-16 girls ' european championship in 2001 .
kursova tied for first place with natalia pogonina , placing second on countback , in the 2003 european u18 girls championship , and was the bronze medalist in the 1998 european u12 girls championship .
she plays for armenia since 2011 .
kursova won the 2012 women 's armenian chess championship .
she played for the armenian team in the 2012 and 2014 women 's chess olympiads , in the 2013 women 's european team chess championship and in the 2015 women 's world team chess championship .
she won group a team silver at the 41st chess olympiad -lrb- women -rrb- .
kursova is married to armenian grandmaster arman pashikyan .
