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'''Melissa Greeff''' (born 15 April 1994) is a [[South Africa|South African]]-[[Canada|Canadian]] [[chess]] [[Woman Grandmaster]] (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14301504|title=Greeff, Melissa|website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>
'''Melissa Greeff''' (born 15 April 1994) is a [[South Africa]]n-[[Canada|Canadian]] [[chess]] [[Woman Grandmaster]] (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14301504|title=Greeff, Melissa|website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
In 2007, in [[Windhoek]], Melissa ranked 5th in the [[African Chess Championship|African Women's Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2007.html|title=OlimpBase :: 4th African Women's Chess Championship, Windhoek 2007|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/h/h9p9tznf-wu20g.html|title=OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Greeff, Melissa|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2018-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103605/http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/h/h9p9tznf-wu20g.html|archive-date=2018-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in [[Tripoli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2009.html|title=OlimpBase :: 5th African Women's Chess Championship, Tripoli 2009|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
In 2007, in [[Windhoek]], Melissa ranked 5th in the [[African Chess Championship|African Women's Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2007.html|title=OlimpBase :: 4th African Women's Chess Championship, Windhoek 2007|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/h/h9p9tznf-wu20g.html|title=OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Greeff, Melissa|website=www.olimpbase.org|access-date=2018-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205103605/http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/h/h9p9tznf-wu20g.html|archive-date=2018-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2009.html|title=OlimpBase :: 5th African Women's Chess Championship, Tripoli 2009|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
In 2010, she participated in the [[Women's World Chess Championship 2010|Women's World Chess Championship]] by [[Single-elimination tournament|knock-out]] system and in the first round lost to [[Humpy Koneru]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/b0wo$wix.htm|title=2010 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)|website=www.mark-weeks.com}}</ref> In 2011, in [[Maputo]], she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2011.html|title=OlimpBase :: 6th African Women's Chess Championship, Maputo 2011|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>
In 2010, she participated in the [[Women's World Chess Championship 2010|Women's World Chess Championship]] by [[Single-elimination tournament|knock-out]] system and in the first round lost to [[Humpy Koneru]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/b0wo$wix.htm|title=2010 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)|website=www.mark-weeks.com}}</ref> In 2011, in [[Maputo]], she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-africa/afrw-2011.html|title=OlimpBase :: 6th African Women's Chess Championship, Maputo 2011|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref>


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In 2011, she became a FIDE Instructor.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2011, she became a FIDE Instructor.<ref name="auto"/>


Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied [[robotics]] and [[engineering]] at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilead.engineering.utoronto.ca/news/melissa-greeff-living-adventurous-journey/|title=Student Profile: Melissa Greeff - Living an Adventurous Journey|website=Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissagreeff?originalSubdomain=ca|title=Melissa Greeff - Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto|publisher=}}</ref> She had worked with Dr. Angela P. Schoellig on vision-based path-following controllers for UAVs during GPS-denied flight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dynsyslab.org/team/|title=Team &#124; Dynamic Systems Lab &#124; Prof. Angela Schoellig}}</ref> She has since worked on several other aspects of robotics, engineering, and mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=VC1-H1AAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Melissa Greeff|website=scholar.google.ca}}</ref> Since 2019, she teaches first-year linear algebra at the University of Toronto.<ref>https://ca.linkedin.com/in/melissagreeff</ref>
Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied [[robotics]] and [[engineering]] at the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ilead.engineering.utoronto.ca/news/melissa-greeff-living-adventurous-journey/|title=Student Profile: Melissa Greeff - Living an Adventurous Journey|website=Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissagreeff?originalSubdomain=ca|title=Melissa Greeff - Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto|publisher=}}</ref> She had worked with [[Angela Schoellig]] on vision-based path-following controllers for UAVs during GPS-denied flight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dynsyslab.org/team/|title=Team &#124; Dynamic Systems Lab &#124; Prof. Angela Schoellig}}</ref> She has since worked on several other aspects of robotics, engineering, and mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=VC1-H1AAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Melissa Greeff|website=scholar.google.ca}}</ref> Since 2019, she teaches first-year linear algebra at the University of Toronto.<ref>https://ca.linkedin.com/in/melissagreeff {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:South African chess players]]
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[[Category:Chess Olympiad competitors]]
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Latest revision as of 22:23, 4 March 2024

Melissa Greeff
CountrySouth Africa
Born (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 30)
Cape Town, South Africa
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2009)
Peak rating2126 (February 2013)

Melissa Greeff (born 15 April 1994) is a South African-Canadian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009.[1]

Biography[edit]

In 2007, in Windhoek, Melissa ranked 5th in the African Women's Chess Championship.[2] In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place.[3] Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in Tripoli.[4] In 2010, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Humpy Koneru.[5] In 2011, in Maputo, she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship.[6]

Melissa Greeff played for South Africa:

In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and then received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.

In 2011, she became a FIDE Instructor.[1]

Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied robotics and engineering at the University of Toronto.[9][10] She had worked with Angela Schoellig on vision-based path-following controllers for UAVs during GPS-denied flight.[11] She has since worked on several other aspects of robotics, engineering, and mathematics.[12] Since 2019, she teaches first-year linear algebra at the University of Toronto.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Greeff, Melissa". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: 4th African Women's Chess Championship, Windhoek 2007". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: World Girls' Junior Chess Championship :: Greeff, Melissa". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: 5th African Women's Chess Championship, Tripoli 2009". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. ^ "2010 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  6. ^ "OlimpBase :: 6th African Women's Chess Championship, Maputo 2011". www.olimpbase.org.
  7. ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Melissa Greeff". www.olimpbase.org.
  8. ^ "OlimpBase :: All-Africa Games (chess - women) :: Melissa Greeff". www.olimpbase.org.
  9. ^ "Student Profile: Melissa Greeff - Living an Adventurous Journey". Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering.
  10. ^ "Melissa Greeff - Teaching Assistant - University of Toronto".
  11. ^ "Team | Dynamic Systems Lab | Prof. Angela Schoellig".
  12. ^ "Melissa Greeff". scholar.google.ca.
  13. ^ https://ca.linkedin.com/in/melissagreeff [self-published source]

External links[edit]

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