Gabriela Antova

Gabriela Antova was born in Sofia in 2002 and started chess at seven. She won the European girls' under-eight championship in 2010, then collected further European medals as she moved through the age groups. These included under-twelve bronze in 2013, under-fourteen silver in 2016 and under-sixteen bronze in 2018. She finished fourth at the 2014 World Girls' Under-Twelve Championship. Antova began appearing in Bulgarian women's championship finals in 2014, sharing third place in 2017 but finishing fourth on tiebreak. Her titles progressed from Woman FIDE Master in 2010 to the open FIDE Master title in 2016 and Woman International Master in 2018. She became a Woman Grandmaster in 2023.