Laura Moylan (born 1983) is an Australian chess Woman International Master (WIM).[1]
| Laura Moylan | |
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 Laura Moylan at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany 2008. | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
| Title | Woman International Master (2000) |
| FIDE rating | 2108 (January 2009) |
| Peak rating | 2127 (April 2006) |
Moylan represented Australia in the World Youth Chess Championship (Girls) each year from 1994 to 1999.[2]
In 1995, aged 12, Moylan finished third in the Australian Under-18 Junior Girls Chess Championship. The following year she won the 1996 Australian Junior Girls Chess Championship.[3] In 1999, she came second in the Australian Under-18 Junior Chess Championship (Open), held in Hervey Bay, behind David Smerdon.[4]
Moylan gained the Woman International Master title after winning the 1999 Oceania Women's Zonal Chess Championship held on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[5] She finished 3rd in the 2002 Oceania Women's Zonal Chess Championship.[6]
Moylan has represented Australia at four Chess Olympiads in 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2008.[7] In her 2000 Chess Olympiad debut, she scored 8/9, with a performance rating of 2416, and won the individual silver medal for her performance on the reserve board.[8]
Moylan is a director of the "Sydney Academy of Chess" a chess coaching business in Sydney.
References edit
- ^ Laura Moylan FIDE Player Profile www.fide.com
- ^ OzBase, The Australian Chess Games Archive
- ^ Australian Girls Champions Archived 19 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine Australian Chess Federation
- ^ 1999 Australian Junior Championships report David Cordover, Chess Kids, 7 Mar 1999
- ^ Zone 3.2b Oceanic Zonal Report Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Week in Chess 233, 26 April 1999
- ^ 2002 Oceania Women's Zonal Championship FIDE Tournament Report
- ^ Laura Moylan Chess Olympiad record, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ 34th Chess Olympiad (women), Istanbul 2000 Individual Medals, www.olimpbase.org
External links edit
- Laura Moylan player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Sydney Academy of Chess