Anita Gara

The native form of this personal name is Gara Anita. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Anita Gara
Gara in 2013
CountryHungary
Born (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983 (age 41)
Budapest, Hungary
TitleInternational Master (2009)
Woman Grandmaster (2001)
Peak rating2405 (January 2005)

Anita Gara (born 4 March 1983) is a Hungarian chess player. She holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is six-time Hungarian women's champion (2000, 2001, 2009,[1] 2013, 2016,[2] and 2017[3]). Gara competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2018.

Gara has played for the Hungarian team in the Women's Chess Olympiad, Women's World Team Chess Championship,[4] Women's European Team Chess Championship and European Girls U18 Team Chess Championship. She won an individual bronze medal playing on board five in the 2016 Women's Chess Olympiad, held in Baku.[5]

Her sister is Ticia Gara, also a chess player.

  1. ^ "Gara Anita nyerte a női sakkbajnok" [Anita Gara has won the women's chess championship]. Origo.hu (in Hungarian). 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  2. ^ "Gara Anita ötödször sakkbajnok". Index.hu (in Hungarian). 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ^ Zalakaroson Rapport Richárd nyerte a nyílt magyar bajnokságot
  4. ^ McGourty, Colin (2019-03-14). "Russia and China claim World Team gold". chess24.com. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  5. ^ "USA and China take gold in Baku Chess Olympiad". Chessdom. 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2017-06-15.