Lena Georgescu


Lena Georgescu, Karlsruhe 2019
Surname	Lena Georgescu
Association	Switzerland Switzerland
Born	September 18, 1999 Bern
title	International Champion of Women (2020)
Current Elo rating	2276 (March 2020)
Best Elo rating	2286 (November 2019)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Lena Georgescu (born September 18, 1999 in Bern ) is a Swiss chess player and holds the FIDE title of International Women's Champion (WIM).

Life

Georgescu grew up in Moosseedorf near Bern and initially learned to play chess from her father at the age of five. At the age of eight she became a member of the Bern Chess Club. From 2013 she was trained by the grandmaster Artur Jussupow and this year she also took part in her first international tournament, the European Youth Championship U14 in Budva .

In 2016 she achieved the title of FIDE female champion, making her the youngest FIDE champion in Swiss chess history, ahead of Laura Stoeri .

In 2017 she became Swiss Women's Champion in Grächen . With the Swiss women's selection, Georgescu took part in the Chess Olympiads in 2016 and 2018 as well as in the European Team Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019.

In Switzerland she is a member of the Winterthur Chess Society and the Bern Chess Club. In 2018 , Georgescu won the Swiss team championship with the Lucerne chess club , and from 2017 to 2019 she played with SC Kirchberg in the Swiss Bundesliga . In the German women's chess league, Georgescu played for SG Augsburg 1873 in the 2016/17 season, and has been active for the Karlsruhe Chess Friends since the 2017/18 season .

Georgescu attends a sports remedial class at the Neufeld grammar school in Bern.

Web links

Commons : Lena Georgescu - collection of images

Individual evidence

↑ Swiss Chess Federation, June 11, 2016: Fabian Bänziger (14) youngest FIDE champion, Lena Georgescu (16) youngest female FIDE champion in Swiss chess history
↑ Berner Zeitung, August 29, 2017: Aggressive late bloomer
↑ 42nd Chess Olympiad (women): Baku 2016, Switzerland. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
↑ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women team line-up with individual results - Women Switzerland. In: chess-results.com. October 5, 2018, accessed November 17, 2019 .
↑ European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Lena Georgescu. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .
↑ 22nd European Team Chess Championship 2019 Women Section Team line-up with individual results Switzerland. In: chess-results.com. November 2, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Georgescu, Lena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss chess player
DATE OF BIRTH	September 18, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bern

[1] Swiss Chess Federation, June 11, 2016: Fabian Bänziger (14) youngest FIDE champion, Lena Georgescu (16) youngest female FIDE champion in Swiss chess history

[bz2017-2] Berner Zeitung, August 29, 2017: Aggressive late bloomer

[3] 42nd Chess Olympiad (women): Baku 2016, Switzerland. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .

[4] 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women team line-up with individual results - Women Switzerland. In: chess-results.com. October 5, 2018, accessed November 17, 2019 .

[5] European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Lena Georgescu. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .

[6] 22nd European Team Chess Championship 2019 Women Section Team line-up with individual results Switzerland. In: chess-results.com. November 2, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .