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Vesmina W. Shikova (Bulgarian: Весмина Шикова; born 3 October 1951) is a Bulgarian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1971 and won the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship in 1972.

Vesmina Shikova
Full name	Vesmina W. Shikova
Country	Bulgaria
Born	(1951-10-03) 3 October 1951 (age 70) Varna, Bulgaria
Title	Woman Intl. Master (1971)
Peak rating	2175 (January 1989)

Biography

From the end of 1960s to the mid-1980s, Vesmina Shikova was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. She participated several times in Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship and won eleven medals: gold (1972), silver (1978) and nine bronze (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985). In 1972, in Pernik Vesmina Shikova participated in Women's World Chess Championship European Zonal tournament, where shared 13th-14th place.[1] She won Women's International chess tournament in Halle (1969) and shared the 2nd place in Sofia (1970).

Vesmina Shikova played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

• In 1972, at first reserve board in the 5th Chess Olympiad (women) in Skopje (+1, =0, -1),
• In 1978, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires (+5, =4, -3).

References

External links

• Vesmina Shikova rating card at FIDE
• Vesmina W. Shikova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Vesmina W. Shikova chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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- [en] Vesmina Shikova

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[ru] Шикова, Весмина

Весмина Шикова (род. 3 октября 1951, Варна) — болгарская шахматистка, международный мастер (1971) среди женщин.

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