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| Personal information | |
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| Born | 27 March 1979 (age 46) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | |
| Title | Woman Fide Master (2025) |
| Peak rating | 2176 (January 2000) |
Eglantina Shabanaj (born 1979) is an Albanian chess player.
She earned the title of Woman Fide Master (WFM) in 2025. [1]
She won the women's section of the Albanian Chess Championship 14 times in the years 1994–1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2019. [2]
She has played for the Albania Chess Team in 10 Olympiads in the years 1994, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024. [3]
In the "2nd International Open Chess Tournament “Durrës 2014″ on 1–8 November 2014 in Durrës, Albania, WCM Eglantina Shabanaj (Albania) was ranked second female player of tournament. [4]