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Marta Michna

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Marta Michna
Michna in Warsaw, 2013
CountryPoland (until 2007)
Germany (since 2007)
Born (1978-01-30) 30 January 1978 (age 46)
Głogów, Poland
TitleWoman Grandmaster (1999)
Peak rating2430 (October 2002)

Marta Michna (née Zielińska; born 30 January 1978) is a Polish-born chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 2003. FIDE Woman Grandmaster (1999). In 2007, she began representing Germany.

Chess career

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Marta Michna became interested in chess at the age of eight. In 1990s she was one of the leading Polish youth chess player. She won European Youth Chess Championship (U-18) in 1995 in Verdun and World Youth Chess Championship (U-18) in 1996 in Cala Galdana.

In the Polish Women's Chess Championship's finals Marta Michna won six medals: gold (2003), silver (2002) and 4 bronze (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000).[1]

In 2000s Marta Michna participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system:

Marta Michna played for Poland and Germany in Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

Marta Michna played for Poland and Germany in European Team Chess Championship:[6]

  • In 2003, at second board (Poland) in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Plovdiv (+1, =2, -1),
  • In 2005, won team gold medal at reserve board (Poland) in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Gothenburg (+2, =2, -2),
  • In 2007, at third board (Germany) in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Heraklion (+3, =4, -1),
  • In 2009, at third board (Germany) in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =4, -1),
  • In 2011, at second board (Germany) in the 9th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Porto Carras (+4, =3, -2),
  • In 2013, at reserve board (Germany) in the 10th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Warsaw (+3, =2, -2).

Personal life

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At the end of the 1990s Marta had a relationship with Alexei Shirov, with whom she has a daughter Masza. In 2006, she married FIDE Master (FM) Christian Michna (born 1972)[7] and since 2007 in the international arena represented Germany.[8] She lives in Hamburg and has four children - Masza, Mateusz, Milosz and Maja.

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