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Sonia Zepeda

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Salvadoran female chess player (born 1981) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zepeda and the second or maternal family name is Cortéz.
Sonia Zepeda
Full nameSonia Guadalupe Zepeda Cortéz
CountryEl Salvador
Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 (age 43)
San Salvador, El Salvador
TitleWoman International Master (2007)
FIDE rating2066 (January 2012)
Peak rating2136 (July 2009)

Sonia Guadalupe Zepeda Cortéz (born 26 January 1981) is a Salvadoran chess player. Zepeda was taught to play chess by her father Rafael Zepeda (peak Elo rating 2069). Her younger sister Lorena Zepeda is also a chess player. Sonia Zepeda was trained by International Master Héctor Leyva [de].

She has won the Salvadoran Women's Chess Championship 5 times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009) and has won the Central American Women's Chess Championship twice. She has been a part of the El Salvador national chess team for four Olympics.

References

  1. "MFF Sonia Zepeda". Ajedrez de El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. "Woman's International Chess Master is visiting Belize!". Belize Chess News. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. "Zepeda Cortez, Sonia". OlimpBase. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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