Marija Šibajeva (born 10 April 2002) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE master (WGM, 2018). She is a Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion (2019).
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Country | Lithuania |
Born | (2002-04-10) 10 April 2002 (age 20) Klaipėda, Lithuania |
Title | Woman FIDE master (2004) |
Marija Šibajeva was graduate of Klaipeda Chess School. She is winner of multiple Lithuanian Youth Chess Championships in different age groups:
Marija Šibajeva repeatedly represented Lithuania at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where in 2012 in Prague showing the best result in U10 girls age group when ranked 15th place.[7]
Marija Šibajeva is multiple medalist of Klaipėda City Men's Chess Championship: in 2016 she won 2nd place[8] but in 2018 and 2019 she won 3rd place.[9][10]
In 2017, in Riga she participated in Women's European Individual Chess Championship.[11]
In 2019, Marija Šibajeva won Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship.[12]
Marija Šibajeva played for Lithuania in the Women's Chess Olympiad: