Borislava Borisova


Borislava Borisova, also Borislava Borisova-Ornstein, is a Bulgarian and Swedish chess player who hold the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

In the late 1970s Borislava Borisova was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. She participated several times in the finals of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship and won four medals: gold, two silver and bronze. After leaving for Sweden she belonged to the top chess players of this country. In 1974, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master title. Since 1979, she lives in Sweden and is one of the best Swedish women's chess players.
Borislava Borisova two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:
In the following years, in the Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournaments she took the third place twice, but not winning promotion to the next stage of the Women's World Chess Championship competition. In 1985 and 1989 she represented Sweden in the chess team Nordic Cup, and in 1985 winning the team gold medal.
Borislava Borisova played for Sweden in the Women's Chess Olympiads: