Petra Schuurman
Petra Schuurman is a Dutch chess FIDE Master (FM) and Dutch Women's Chess Championship medalist.
Biography
In the 2000s, Petra Schuurman was one of the leading female Dutch chess players. She competed many times in the finals of the Dutch Women's Chess Championships, winning three medals: silver and two bronze. In 2004, Petra Schuurman came third in one of the Corus festival's side tournaments in Wijk aan Zee and won the Open chess tournament in Austria.Petra Schuurman played for the Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 2002, at the third board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled,
- In 2004, at the third board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in Calvià,
- In 2006, at the third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad (women) in Turin,
- In 2008, at the second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden.
- In 2001, at the first reserve board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in León,
- In 2003, at the first reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv,
- In 2005, at the third board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship in Gothenburg,
- In 2007, at the fourth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in Heraklion,
- In 2009, at the second board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad.