Elena Köpke
Köpke in 2013
CountryUzbekistan (until 2003)
Germany (since 2003)
Born (1984-02-27) 27 February 1984
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2007)
Peak rating2346 (September 2010)

Elena Köpke (née Levushkina, born 27 February 1984) is an Uzbekistan-born German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2007).

Biography

Köpke participated in World Youth Chess Championships in various girl's age groups, who twice ranked in the top ten (1998, 2000). In 2001, she ranked 9th in Asian Women's Chess Championship. In 2001, she participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Alisa Marić.[1]

Since 2002, she lives in Munich and represent Germany. In 2006, she won the Bavaria Junior Chess Championship in the U25 age group for men. In 2014, she won Bad Ragaz international chess tournament Osteropen 2014.[2]

Köpke played for Uzbekistan and Germany:

In 2001, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title six year later.

She graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich computational linguistics doctorate.

References

  1. ↑ "2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
  2. ↑ "9. Intern. Bad Ragazer Osteropen 2014". Chess-Results.com.
  3. ↑ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Elena Levushkina". OlimpBase.org.
  4. ↑ "Women's Asian Team Chess Championship :: Elena Levushkina". OlimpBase.org.
  5. ↑ "European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Elena Levushkina". OlimpBase.org.


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