Irina Bulmaga

Irina Bulmaga[2][3] (born 11 November 1993) is a Moldovan-born Romanian chess player. She received the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2012[4][5] and International Master (IM) in 2013.[6]

Irina Bulmaga
Bulmaga in 2013
CountryRomania (after 2009)[1]
Moldova (before 2009)
Born (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993
Moldova
Title
FIDE rating2390 (January 2022)
Peak rating2453 (February 2020)

Biography

Between 2001 and 2009 she won multiple Moldovan Girls' Chess Championships in various age categories. She won prizes at the World Schools Chess Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2007 and 2008 she won the Moldovan Women's Chess Championship. Since 2009 she has represented Romania. In 2010 she won the Romanian Women's Blitz Chess Championship. In 2014 she won the 7th edition of the Annual Women's International Tournament “Maria Albulet Memorial”, which took place in Brăila.[7] In 2019 she was best women in Riga Technical University Open.[8]

She has represented Romania at five Chess Olympiads (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), winning the bronze medal in 2014, and also at three European Chess Championship between teams (2011—2015). Also, she has represented Romania at the Women's World Team Championship 2013.

Her sister, Elena Bulmaga, also is a chess player.[9][10]

FIDE ratings
Elo development[11]

References
  1. https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2009
  2. Romanian Chess Federation (2009 archive)
  3. Radio România
  4. Title Applications (WGM): Bulmaga, Irina
  5. "List of titles approved by the 83rd FIDE Congress (1-9 September 2012)". FIDE.com. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. Title Applications (IM): Bulmaga, Irina
  7. IM Irina Bulmaga convincing in Braila
  8. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Riga Technical University Open 2019 - Tournament A". chess-results.com.
  9. Irina si Elena Bulmaga – premiante la Campionatul Mondial de sah intre elevi. 2005. (in Romanian)
  10. Elena Bulmaga @ratings.fide.com
  11. Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: FIDE (period since 2001), OlimpBase (period 1971 to 2001)

Further reading
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