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Tilsia Varela

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Tilsia Varela
Varela at the 2019 Andorra open
CountryVenezuela
Born (1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 (age 30)
Maracaibo, Venezuela[1]
TitleWoman International Master (2013)
Peak rating2118 (November 2022)

Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (born 1994), is a Venezuelan chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 2013.[2]

Chess career

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She has represented Venezuela at a number of Women's Chess Olympiads, including 2012, where she scored 3½/7 on board four,[3] 2014 (6/8 as first reserve) and 2016 (4/9 on board three).[4]

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where she took Pauline Guichard to tiebreaks before eventually being defeated 2½-1½ in the first round.[5] [6]

She again qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, being eliminated by Olga Badelka in the first round.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid". Armando Guedez Rodriguez (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  2. ^ "Varela La Madrid, Tilsia Carolina". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad (women), Istanbul 2012, Venezuela". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad (women), Baku 2016, Venezuela". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  5. ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  6. ^ "OlimpBase :: 41st Chess Olympiad (women), Tromsø 2014, Venezuela". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  7. ^ "FIDE Women's World Cup 2023". chess24.com. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
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