Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho
Country	Brazil
Born	1957 São Paulo, Brazil
Died	1993

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho (1957 – 1993) was a Brazilian chess player, three-times Brazilian Women's Chess Championships winner (1978, 1979, 1980).

Chess career

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho, from São Paulo, was the daughter of Adriano Salles Toledo Carvalho and Maria Noêmia Abreu Carvalho, and sister of chess player, journalist and writer Herbert Abreu de Carvalho, director of the Chess League and Brazilian Chess Championship runner-up in 1980.

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho competed many times in the individual finals of the Brazilian Women's Chess Championship and three times in row won this tournament: from 1978 to 1980.[1] In 1978 and 1980 she won São Paulo Women's Chess Championships.[2] In 1982, in Morón she participated in Women's World Chess Championship South American Zonal tournament and ranked in 6th plce.[3]

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho played for Brazil in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[4]

• In 1980, at first board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+4, =5, -3).

Lígia Maria de Abreu Carvalho graduated in literature from the University of São Paulo.

References

1. BrasilBase Campeonatos Brasileiros
2. BrasilBase Campeonatos Paulistas
3. OlimpBase :: South American zonal :: Morón 1982
4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Ligia Abreu Carvalho". www.olimpbase.org.

External links

• Ligia Maria de Abreu Carvalho player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Ligia Carvalho chess games at 365Chess.com