Ivana Maria Furtado
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Ivana Maria Furtado is a chess prodigy
from Goa
, India
. She won the Under-8 World Youth Chess Championship
twice in a row: 2006 and 2007 and she won second place in the 2009 Under-10. Her FIDE Elo rating as of November 2009 is 1859. She is Woman Candidate Master (WCM).
Ivana won gold in the Under 12 category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship
2009 in Singapore on 14 December 2009.
She became Woman FIDE Master in 2011.
Chess prodigy
Chess prodigies are children who play chess so well that they are able to beat Masters and even Grandmasters, often at a very young age. Chess is one of the few sports where children can compete with adults on equal ground; it is thus one of the few skills in which true child prodigies exist...
from Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. She won the Under-8 World Youth Chess Championship
World Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
twice in a row: 2006 and 2007 and she won second place in the 2009 Under-10. Her FIDE Elo rating as of November 2009 is 1859. She is Woman Candidate Master (WCM).
Ivana won gold in the Under 12 category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship
Commonwealth Chess Championship
The Commonwealth Chess Championship is a gathering of chess players from Commonwealth countries.-History:A championship was planned for New Zealand in 1949, but it was canceled because the British Chess Federation was unable to attend.-Oxford 1950:...
2009 in Singapore on 14 December 2009.
She became Woman FIDE Master in 2011.
Fide rating report
| Rating list | Rating | Games | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2007 | 1850 | 11 | - |
| January 2008 | 1850 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2008 | 1850 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2008 | 1836 | 6 | -14 |
| October 2008 | 1813 | 4 | -23 |
| January 2009 | 1781 | 17 | -32 |
| April 2009 | 1785 | 7 | +4 |
| July 2009 | 1790 | 3 | +5 |
| September 2009 | 1840 | 16 | +50 |
| November 2009 | 1859 | 16 | +19 |
| January 2010 | 1868 | 11 | +9 |