Regina Pokorná
Regina Pokorná | |
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 Regina Pokorná at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany 2008 | |
| Full name | Regina Theissl Pokorná |
| Country |  Slovakia (until 2015) Austria (since 2015) |
| Born | 18 January 1982 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2001) |
| Peak rating | 2429 (July 2003) |
Regina Theissl Pokorná (née Pokorná; born 18 January 1982) is a Slovak-Austrian chess player holding the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Chess career
[edit]Pokorná was trained by Grandmaster Ján Plachetka from 1997.[1] Pokorná won the European girls under 10 championship in 1992 and the Slovak girls under 18 championship in 1996, 1997 and 1999.[2] Also in 1999 she won the European Junior Girls' Chess Championship in Patras, Greece.[3]
Pokorná represented Slovakia in eight Women's Chess Olympiads between 1998 and 2012. Her best result was in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin 2006, where she scored 7/10 and finished eighth among players playing board 3.[4]
She represented Slovakia in three European Women's Team Chess Championships from 1997 to 2001, and won the team gold medal and individual bronze medal in Batumi 1999.[5]
In 2009, Pokorná won the Slovak Women's Chess Championship.[6] She has also won, or jointly won, a series of strong women's chess tournaments, including the Mediterranean Flowers tournaments in Rijeka in 2001, 2002,[7] 2005,[8] and 2009,[2] the EWS Cup in Jakarta 2007,[9] and the Mediterranean Golden Island tournament in Vrbnik 2008.[10][11][12]
In 2015, Theissl Pokorná transferred federations to represent Austria.[13] She represented Austria in the European Championships held that year, in which they finished ninth, their best-ever performance.[14]
In 2019 Theissl Pokorná won the Austrian Women's Chess Championship.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Pokorná was born in Bratislava.[16] She went to school at the Metodova Gymnasium in Bratislava.[3] Her sister Renata Pokorna is also a FIDE-rated chess player;[17] she also has a brother called Richard. In 2010 Pokorná was living in Romania and working as a project manager.[1]
Her image was used in a sheet of four postage stamps, featuring leading female chess players, called "Chess Masters", issued in Chad in 2010.[1][18] She has two children.[19]
Notable games
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jaslovský, Marián (19 June 2010). "Miss slovenského šachu, na známke z Čadu". Sme (in Slovak). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ a b ChessBase GmbH. Big Database 2013 (DVD).
- ^ a b "Regina Pokorná majsterkou Európy". Sme (in Slovak). 26 November 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech (n.d.). "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Regina Pokorná". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Pokorná, Regina". olimpbase.org. n.d. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ Murín, Pavol (10 May 2009). "GM Martin Mrva získal double!". sachnaorave.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Šach: Regina Pokorná vo vedúcej trojici". Sme (in Slovak). 14 March 2002. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Šachistka Pokorná vyhrala turnaj v chorvátskej Rijeke". Sme (in Slovak). 14 March 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Anastasiya Karlovich (16 June 2007). "'Electric Woman Stars Brainy Beauties'". chessbase.com. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Women GM Chess Tournament, Krk - Mediterranean Golden Island Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Vrbnik 2008 results, sah.posluh.hr
- ^ "Krk Women Chess Tournament". chessdom.com. 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008.
- ^ "Theissl Pokorna, Regina (SVK)". ratings.fide.com. n.d. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Transfers in 2015". FIDE. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Österreichs Frauen-Team bei EM auf Rang neun". ORF (in German). 22 November 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaften 2019" (PDF). Sport Austria. 12 September 2022. p. 32. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Kůsa, Jakub (23 August 2023). "Rozhovor s Reginou Theissl Pokornou". chess.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Pokorna, Renata". FIDE. n.d. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Chad 2010: "Chess Masters"". marlen-stamps.com. n.d. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
- ^ Vitouch, Anatol (11 September 2024). "Das Fest des Schachvolks steigt in Ungarn". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Regina Pokorna rating card at FIDE
- Regina Theissl Pokorna chess games at 365Chess.com
- Regina Pokorna player profile and games at Chessgames.com
