Teresa Leyva

Colombian chess player

Teresa Leyva
Country	Colombia
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Trieste, Italy
Title	Woman FIDE master

Teresa Leyva (born 1965) is a Colombian chess player and two time Colombian Women's Chess Champion (1976, 1982).

Biography

From the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, she was one of the leading Colombian women's chess players. She has two wins at the Colombian Women's Chess Championships (1976, 1982).^[1]

Teresa Leyva played for Colombia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[2]

In 1976, at first board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in Haifa (+1, =5, -2),
In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+3, =3, -4),
In 1982, at first reserve board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+5, =4, -0) and won individual gold medal.