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Sonia Zepeda

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Sonia Zepeda
Full nameSonia Guadalupe Zepeda Cortéz
CountryEl Salvador
Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 (age 43)
San Salvador, El Salvador
TitleWoman International Master (2007)
FIDE rating2066 (January 2012)
Peak rating2136 (July 2009)

Sonia Guadalupe Zepeda Cortéz (born 26 January 1981) is a Salvadoran chess player. Zepeda was taught to play chess by her father Rafael Zepeda (peak Elo rating 2069). Her younger sister Lorena Zepeda is also a chess player. Sonia Zepeda was trained by International Master Héctor Leyva [de].[1]

She has won the Salvadoran Women's Chess Championship 5 times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009) and has won the Central American Women's Chess Championship twice. She has been a part of the El Salvador national chess team for four Olympics.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "MFF Sonia Zepeda". Ajedrez de El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Woman's International Chess Master is visiting Belize!". Belize Chess News. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Zepeda Cortez, Sonia". OlimpBase. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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