Andreea Bollengier | |
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Full name | Andreea-Teodora Sasu-Ducșoara |
Country |
Romania France |
Born | Brașov, Romania | 17 May 1975
Died | 28 May 2021 Talence, France | (aged 46)
Title | Woman International Master (2000) |
FIDE rating | 2169 (September 2018) |
Peak rating | 2291 (September 2014) |
Andreea Bollengier ( née Sasu-Ducșoara; 17 May 1975 – 28 May 2021) was a Romanian-born French chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) since 2000. She was a two-time French Women's Chess Championship medalist (2011, 2014).
At the age of 5, Andreea started playing chess with her father Adrian Sasu-Ducșoara, an FIDE Master. Later,[ when?] she won a Romanian Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girl's age group. [1]
In 2000, she played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiad, at first reserve board in the 34th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+3, =2, −1). [2]
Bollengier won the French Women's Chess Championship Accession féminine tournament in 2010. [3] She twice won medals in French Women's Chess Championship: silver in 2014 and bronze in 2011.[ citation needed]
In 2012, she played for France in the Women's Chess Olympiad, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul (+4, =0, −3). [4]
Bollengier was married in 2005 and had two children. [1] She died on 28 May 2021, at age 46, of an undisclosed illness. [5]
Andreea Sasu-Ducsoara