Andreea Bollengier (née Sasu-Ducșoara; 17 May 1975 – 28 May 2021) was a Romanian-born French chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) since 2000. She was a two-time French Women's Chess Championship medalist (2011, 2014).

Biography

At the age of 5, Andreea started playing chess with her father Adrian Sasu-Ducșoara, an FIDE Master. Later,^[when?] she won a Romanian Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girl's age group.[1]

In 2000, she played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =2, −1).[2]

Bollengier won the French Women's Chess Championship Accession féminine tournament in 2010.[3] She twice won medals in French Women's Chess Championship: silver in 2014 and bronze in 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, she played for France in the Women's Chess Olympiad, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+4, =0, −3).[4]

Bollengier was married in 2005 and had two children.[1] She died on 28 May 2021, at age 46, of an undisclosed illness.[5]

References

External links

• Andreea Bollengier rating card at FIDE at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 May 2021)
• Andreea Bollengier player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Andreea Bollengier chess games at 365Chess.com
• Andreea-Teodora Sasu-Ducsoara chess games at ChessTempo.com

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