Maritza Arribas Robaina

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Maritza Arribas Robaina
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CountryFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Born (1971-07-02) July 2, 1971 (age 52)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Title Woman Grandmaster (1999)
Peak rating 2366 (July 2003)

Maritza Arribas Robaina (born 2 July 1971) is a Cuban chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster. She won the Cuban women's chess championship eleven times (1992, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015). [1]

Arribas Robaina competed in the Women's World Chess Championships of 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2012. She reached the second round in 2000, 2006 and 2012.

She played for the Cuban team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014. [2]

She was born in Santiago de Cuba.

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References

  1. "NACIONAL DE AJEDREZ (F). Maritza por oncena vez" (in Spanish). Capablanca - Sitio Web Oficial del Ajedrez Cubano. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. Maritza Arribas Robaina team chess record at OlimpBase.org