Zala Urh
Zala Urh (born April 15, 2002 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian chess player .
Life
In the first year of school, Zala Urh learned to play chess and trained at school and with her father. She has three sisters. She attends the grammar school in Kranj . Her role model is Judit Polgár . Zala Urh is now being trained by the Slovenian grandmaster Matej Šebenik .
successes
She plays club chess for ŠK Stari Mayr Kranj . She has been playing on the second board for SV Chesshero Rapid Feffernitz in the Austrian women's Bundesliga since the 2018/18 season . for Feffernitz she had already played in the Carinthian League West in the 2015/16 season.
She played on the third board at the Mitropapokal 2019 in Radenci for the Slovenian women's national team .
In February 2020 she received the title of International Women's Champion (WIM). She achieved the norms for this at the 48th Bosna tournament in Sarajevo in May 2018 (with over-fulfillment), at the 33rd Open in Pula (with over-fulfillment) and at the U18 Women's World Youth Championship in October 2019 in Mumbai , where she tied with the Bronze medalist Alexandra Obolenzewa took sixth place.
Her Elo rating is 2108 (as of March 2020), her highest to date was 2248 in June 2018.
Web links
- Zala Urh at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
- Playable chess games by Zala Urh on chesstempo.com (English)
- Index card at the Slovenian Chess Federation (Slovenian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finalistka Mladi upi 2019: šahistka Zala Urh . Article and interview on mladi-upi.si (Slovenian)
- ↑ WIM application (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urh, Zala |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 2002 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |