Kieran Lyons

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Kiera Lyons at the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden
Surname Kieran Lyons
Association FijiFiji Fiji
Born 1989
title FIDE Women's Champions (2005)
Current  Elo rating 1767 (January 2018)
Best Elo rating 1840 (July 2007)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Kieran Lyons (born 1989 ) is an Australian chess player who plays for Fiji . She holds the FIDE title of FIDE Ladies' Champion (WFM).

In 2004 she took part in a Chess Olympiad for the first time for the women's selection of Fiji . She scored eight points from thirteen games and received the title of FIDE women's champion in 2005 for these achievements. This made her the first female chess player from the Fijian Federation to achieve a FIDE title.

As a result, she took part in the women's chess Olympiads for Fiji in 2006 , 2008 , 2012 and 2014 and achieved an overall score of 32.5 points from 56 games.

She would be at the top of the Elo ranking of women in Fiji, but is currently listed as inactive because she has not played a rated game for more than a year (as of January 2018).

Lyons was a member of The Gap Chess Club in Brisbane , Australia.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Fiji Chess Federation: FIDE Titles
  2. Fiji OneTV, May 26, 2014: International stars boost chess teams ( Memento from January 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Olimpbase: Keiran Lyons results overview (misspelling)
  4. Olimpbase: Kieran Lyons overview of results
  5. FIDE: Elo ranking of the Fijian Chess Federation (active and inactive)
  6. The Gap Chess Club - Player Profile (English)