Melissa Greeff | |
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Country | South Africa |
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 15 April 1994
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) |
Peak rating | 2126 (February 2013) |
Melissa Greeff (born 15 April 1994) is a South African- Canadian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009. [1]
In 2007, in Windhoek, Melissa ranked 5th in the African Women's Chess Championship. [2] In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place. [3] Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in Tripoli. [4] In 2010, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Humpy Koneru. [5] In 2011, in Maputo, she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship. [6]
Melissa Greeff played for South Africa:
In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and then received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.
In 2011, she became a FIDE Instructor. [1]
Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied robotics and engineering at the University of Toronto. [9] [10] She had worked with Angela Schoellig on vision-based path-following controllers for UAVs during GPS-denied flight. [11] She has since worked on several other aspects of robotics, engineering, and mathematics. [12] Since 2019, she teaches first-year linear algebra at the University of Toronto. [13]
Melissa Greeff | |
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Country | South Africa |
Born | Cape Town, South Africa | 15 April 1994
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2009) |
Peak rating | 2126 (February 2013) |
Melissa Greeff (born 15 April 1994) is a South African- Canadian chess Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She earned the WGM title in 2009. [1]
In 2007, in Windhoek, Melissa ranked 5th in the African Women's Chess Championship. [2] In 2009, she played for South Africa in the World Girls' Junior Chess Championship and ranked 35th place. [3] Later on in the same year, she won the African Women's Chess Championship in Tripoli. [4] In 2010, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Humpy Koneru. [5] In 2011, in Maputo, she ranked 4th in African Women's Chess Championship. [6]
Melissa Greeff played for South Africa:
In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and then received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.
In 2011, she became a FIDE Instructor. [1]
Since 2014, she has rarely played in chess tournaments. Melissa moved to Canada where she studied robotics and engineering at the University of Toronto. [9] [10] She had worked with Angela Schoellig on vision-based path-following controllers for UAVs during GPS-denied flight. [11] She has since worked on several other aspects of robotics, engineering, and mathematics. [12] Since 2019, she teaches first-year linear algebra at the University of Toronto. [13]