Zahira El Ghabi | |
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Country | Morocco |
Born | 1981 (age 41–42) |
Title | Woman FIDE Master (2005) |
FIDE rating | 2029 (April 2006) |
Peak rating | 2039 (January 2005) |
Zahira El Ghabi is a Moroccan Woman FIDE master (WFM, 2005). [1]
In the early 2000s, she was one of the leading Moroccan chess players. In 2000, Zahira El Ghabi participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Julia Demina. [2]
Zahira El Ghabi played for Morocco in the Women's Chess Olympiads: [3]
Since 2006 she rarely participated in chess tournaments.
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