Simona Limontaitė
| Simona Limontaitė | |
|---|---|
| Country | Lithuania |
| Born | 22 August 1987 Telšiai, Lithuania |
| Title | Woman International Master (2008) |
| Peak rating | 2243 (December 2017) |
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Simona Limontaitė (married name Kiseleva, born 22 August 1987) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2008). She is two time winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (2005, 2017).
Biography[edit]
Her first chess trainer was Vytautas Gembutas. From 2006 International Master Vaidas Sakalauskas is her trainer. Simona Limontaitė is winner of the Lithuanian Girl's Championship (U18) in 2005.
Simona Limontaitė is multiple medalist of the Lithuanian Women's Chess Championships, in which she won two gold (2005, 2017[1][2]) and two bronze (2003, 2009[3][4]) medals.
Simona Limontaitė participated in several World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships in different age categories.[5][6][7][8][9] Also Simona Limontaitė participated World Girls U-20 Championship in 2007.[10]
She is participant of European Individual Women's Chess Championship in 2009.[11]
Simona Limontaitė played for Lithuania in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[12]
- In 2008, at third board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+3, =2, -4),
- In 2010, at second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad (women) in Khanty-Mansiysk (+5, =3, -2).
Simona Limontaitė played for Lithuania in the European Women's Team Chess Championship:[13]
- In 2005, at third board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Gothenburg (+2, =1, -6).
She played for the Lithaunian chess clubs Telšiai (until 2006) and Vilniaus fortas. With chess club Panevėžys Chess Club Simona Limontaitė participated in European Chess Club Cup in 2008.[14]
She is a graduate of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
Her elder brother Martynas Limontas (born 1984) is chess FIDE master (FM) and Grandmaster for solving chess problems.[15][16]
She was married, performed under the name of her husband (including in the victorious national championship in 2017). Since 2019, she has been performing again under her maiden name.
References[edit]
- ^ "Lithuanian Chess Federation". 2019-09-25. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Lietuvos moterų šachmatų čempionatas". 2020-05-11. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ K. Andriulevičius. Dagnė Čiukšytė – Lietuvos moterų šachmatų čempionato nugalėtoja // Panevėžio balsas, 2003 kov. 12, Nr. 58.
- ^ "Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship 2009 July 2009 Lithuania FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "EU-ch U10 Girls 1997 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Wch U12 Girls 1999 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Wch U16 Girls 2003 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Wch U18 Girls 2004 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "EU-ch U18 Girls 2005 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Wch U20 Girls 2007 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "European Championship (Women) (2009)". www.chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Simona Limontaitė". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Simona Limontaitė". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "OlimpBase :: European Women's Chess Club Cup :: Simona Limontaitė". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "The chess games of Martynas Limontas". www.chessgames.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ "Martynas Limontas chess games - 365Chess.com". www.365chess.com. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
External links[edit]
- Simona Limontaite rating card at FIDE
- Simona Limontaite player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Simona Limontaite chess games at 365Chess.com
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