Shamima Akter Liza

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Shamima Akter Liza
Country Bangladesh
Born (1989-10-26) October 26, 1989 (age 33)
Title Woman International Master (2011)
FIDE   rating 2114 (November 2018)
Peak rating 2207 (December 2017)

Shamima Akter Liza (born 1989) is a Bangladeshi chess player and FIDE Woman International Master. She has won the Bangladesh Women's Chess Championship in 2005, 2010 and 2014. [1]

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Career

Liza has qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship 2014. In 2014 Liza finished 66th in 28th Cannes Winter Chess Festival in Cannes, France. [2]

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References

  1. "Liza regains chess title". The Daily Star. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  2. "Liza 66th in Cannes". The Daily Star . 4 March 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.