Katrīna Amerika

Latvian chess player

Katrīna Amerika
Country	Latvia
Born	(1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 33) Jelgava, Latvia
Title	Woman International Master (2009)
FIDE rating	2213 (May 2023)
Peak rating	2242 (July 2011)

Katrīna Amerika (née Šķiņķe, born 31 May 1991 in Jelgava) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (2009). She shared third place in the European Girls Under-12 Championship in 2003.^[1] She won the Latvian Chess Championship for women in 2014, and finished second in 2011, and 2013, and third on three occasions (2004, 2009, 2010).

Amerika played for Latvia in the Chess Olympiads:^[2]

In 2008, at fourth board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+7 −2 =1);
In 2010, at fourth board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+4 -2 =3);
In 2012, at fourth board in the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 -3 =1);^[3]
In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (+8 -2 =1).

She played for Latvia in the European Team Chess Championship (women):^[4]

In 2011, at third board in the 18th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Porto Carras (+2 −1 =1);
In 2015, at fourth board in 20th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Reykjavík (+3 −2 =4).

References

^ EU-ch U12 Girls 2003 - 365Chess.com Tournaments
^ OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Katrīna Šķiņķe
^ Istanbul 2012 World Chess Olympiad – Results Page Archived 2012-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Katrīna Šķiņķe