Teresa Leyva

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Teresa Leyva
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Born1965 (age 5859)
Trieste, Italy
Title Woman FIDE master

Teresa Leyva (born 1965) is a Colombian chess player and two time Colombian Women's Chess Champion (1976, 1982).

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Biography

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, she was one of the leading Colombian women's chess players. She has two wins at the Colombian Women's Chess Championships (1976, 1982). [1]

Teresa Leyva played for Colombia in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [2]

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References

  1. "Ajedrez en Colombia".
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Teresa Leyva". www.olimpbase.org.