Shahanah Schmid
Shahanah Schmid | |
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Land | Schweiz |
Born | Saanen, Switzerland | 13 February 1976
Titel | Woman FIDE Master (1999) |
Peak rating | 2135 (July 1997) |
Shahanah Dawn Schmid (born 13 February 1976) is a Swiss chess player, Woman FIDE Master (1999), two time Swiss Women's Chess Championship winner (1994, 1999).
Biography
[edit]Shahanah Schmid grew up in Saanen. She studied sociology, social anthropology and pedagogy at the University of Zurich, where she was a research assistant at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology. She then began doctoral studies at the London School of Economics. She is a teaching assistant at the Institute of Sociology there.
Chess career
[edit]She won the Swiss Girls U16 Chess Championship three times: in 1990 in Gstaad, 1991 in Uzwil and 1992 in Reiden.[1] Shahanah Schmid represented Switzerland in World Girls U20 Chess Championships (1995, 1996).[2] She has competed many times in the individual finals of the Swiss Women's Chess Championships and won gold medals two times (1994, 1999).[3] In 1999 Shahanah Schmid participated in Women's World Chess Championship Central Europe Zonal tournament in Dresden and shared 16th–17th place.[4]
Shahanah Schmid played for Switzerland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]
- In 1994, at third board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+1, =1, -7),
- In 1998, at second board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Elista (+4, =4, -4).
References
[edit]- ^ "Tournaments - SSB". schachbund.ch. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Schmid, Shahanah". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "Damen - SSB". swisschess.ch. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ Wojciech Bartelski. "OlimpBase :: Zonal 1.2 (Central Europe), Dresden 1999". olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Shahanah Schmid". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
[edit]- Shahanah Schmid rating card at FIDE
- Shahanah Schmid player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Shahanah Schmid chess games at 365Chess.com