Julia Lebel-Arias
Julia Lebel-Arias is an Argentina-born chess player and Woman International Master who represented Argentina, France and Monaco. She is a four-times winner of the Argentine Women's Chess Championship and a three-times winner of the French Women's Chess Championship.
Biography
From the end of 1970s to the early 1980s, Lebel-Arias was one of the leading chess players in Argentina. She won the Argentine Women's Chess Championships in four consecutive years: 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977. After moving to France, she three times won French Women's Chess Championship: 1983, 1986, and 1990. In 1985, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title. In 1988, she won the International Women's Chess Tournament in Dortmund.Lebel-Arias twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:
- In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Zheleznovodsk shared 15th-16th place with Pepita Ferrer;
- In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Tuzla ranked 18th place.
- In 1976, at first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa,
- In 1978, at second board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in Buenos Aires,
- In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta,
- In 1982, at third reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne,
- In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki,
- In 1986, at first board in the 27th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dubai,
- In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki,
- In 1990, at second board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad,
- In 2012, at third board in the 40th Chess Olympiad (women) in Istanbul,
- In 2014, at first board in the 41st Chess Olympiad (women) in Tromsø,
- In 2016, at first board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku,
- In 2018, at fourth board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi.
- In 2002, at second reserve board in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled,
- In 2004, at reserve board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià,
- In 2006, at fourth board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin.
- In 1997, at first reserve board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship in Pula.