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Tsiganova, Monika
WIM🇪🇪FIDE 4500199· Female· Estonia· Born in 1969
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Monika Tsiganova, a 57-year-old Estonian Woman International Master, is rated 2039 and sitting in the top 5% of women worldwide. She has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 6 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Estonian Women's Chess Championship 2025, European Women Team Ch 2025, and Panevezys Open A 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 3 blitz events (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: 3rd Estiko Blitz) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2009–2011) and 41 months (2020–2024). Her peak of 2282 was reached at age 36 (Jul 2005); she also reached Estonian #18 in Jul 2008.
Awarded WIM in 2001 (age 32).
Current rating
2039
Standard
Rpd1958·Blz1864
All-time high
2282
−243 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 36
Jul 2005 · age 36
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#1,091 · women worldwide · of 23,136
Career timeline
20 entries2025
500 career games
at age 56
Sep 2025
4th Estonian 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2059
Aug 2025
2024
4th Estonian 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2077
Nov 2024
2020
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 2023 → returned at 1998
Oct 2020
2018
5th Estonian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 2131
Jul 2018
2016
Re-crossed 2100
at age 47
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-20
2059 → 2039
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
4.5/ 1432.1%
4W1D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Knockout | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | QF | 1756 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #166 | 2039 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/9 | #8 | 2073 | -1.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRegina NarvaWFM
🇪🇪EST·1973
+4 −1 =7
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsTriin NarvaWFM
🇪🇪EST·2073
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsIgor ShvyrjovGM
🇪🇪EST·2308
+0 −9 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsDion KrivenkoFM
🇪🇪EST·2311
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRobert Dubrovin
🇪🇪EST·2219
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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Estonia
#35
out of 602 players
Europe
#16,252
in continent
World
#22,107
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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