{{Short description|Austrian chess player (1982–2019)}} {{Infobox chess player |image=IM Eva Moser 4338.jpg |name=Eva Moser |caption=Eva Moser at the Vienna Chess Open 2013 |country=Austria |birth_date={{birth date|1982|7|26|df=y}} |birth_place=Tamsweg, Austria |death_date={{death date and age|2019|03|31|1982|7|26|df=y}} |death_place= Graz, Austria |title=International Master (2004)<br>Woman Grandmaster (2003) |peakrating = 2471 (July 2012) }}
'''Eva Moser''' (26 July 1982 – 31 March 2019) was an Austrian chess player. She was awarded the titles International Master (IM), in 2004, and Woman Grandmaster (WGM), in 2003, by FIDE.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1607456|title=Moser, Eva FIDE Chess Profile|website=ratings.fide.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403092837/https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1607456|archive-date=2019-04-03|access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref> Moser won both the absolute and women's Austrian chess championships. She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008.
==Chess career== Moser started playing chess at the age of 10. She won the Austrian chess championship for girls, in various age groups, eight times.{{citation needed||date=January 2017}}
In 1998 Moser won the silver medal at the Under 16 girls' event of the European Youth Chess Championships in Mureck, behind Ana Matnadze, who won on tie-break.<ref>[http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/austria98.htm European Youth Championships] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214827/http://www.chessscotland.com/archives/austria98.htm |date=2016-03-03 }}. ''Chess Scotland''.</ref>
In team events, Moser has represented Austria in the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2000, open section (commonly referred to as "men's section") of the 36th Chess Olympiad in 2004, Women's European Team Chess Championship since 2003, and open section of the Mitropa Cup (1999, 2002, 2004).
Moser was awarded by FIDE the titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2003 (Austria's first one) and International Master (IM) in 2004.
In 2006, she won the Austrian Chess Championship,<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=5544 AUT Staatsmeisterschaft 2006. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082228/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=5544 |date=2017-02-02 }}. FIDE.</ref> becoming the first woman to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.momentbulletin.com/post/five-queens-in-the-game-of-kings-the-greatest-female-chess-players-of-the-german-speaking-world|title=Five queens in the game of kings: the greatest female chess players of the German-speaking world|first=Gerda|last=Krivaite|date=February 21, 2021|website=Moment}}</ref> She won the Austrian women's championship in 2010<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=51887 Austrian Women's Championship 2010. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082218/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=51887 |date=2017-02-02 }}. FIDE.</ref> and 2011.<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=59267 Austrian Women's Championship 2011. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082226/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=59267 |date=2017-02-02 }}. FIDE.</ref>
Tournament victories include the Dresden women's event in 2000,<ref>Big Database 2013, ChessBase GmbH</ref>{{Better source needed|date=January 2017}} Jena Open in 2009,<ref>[http://www.foerderverein-schach.de/baer09/tabelle.html 3. Schwarzer Bär - Open 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060835/http://www.foerderverein-schach.de/baer09/tabelle.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Tournament Results</ref> 2010,<ref>[http://www.foerderverein-schach.de/baer10/tabelle.html 4. Schwarzer Bär - Open 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924014128/http://www.foerderverein-schach.de/baer10/tabelle.html |date=2015-09-24 }} Tournament Results</ref> 2011<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=54206 5. Schwarzer Bär Open 2011. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082220/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=54206 |date=2017-02-02 }}. FIDE.</ref> and 2012,<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=62987 1. Hotel-am-Stadion Open 2012. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811152240/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=62987 |date=2022-08-11 }}. FIDE.</ref> and Chess Ladies Vienna in 2012<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=67970 Chess Ladies Vienna 2012. Tournament report.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202082216/http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=67970 |date=2017-02-02 }}. FIDE.</ref> and 2013.<ref>[https://de.chessbase.com/post/eva-moser-gewinnt-in-wien-270513 "Eva Moser gewinnt in Wien"]. ChessBase. 2013-05-27. {{in lang|de}}</ref>
In 2006/07 her Austrian First League team ''Styria Graz'' became Austrian Team Champion. She used to play for the team ''Wolfsberg'' in Austria; and OSG ''Baden-Baden'' in the German Women's Chess Bundesliga, winning at least five times, and dominating for many years.
Her personal trainer was the Bulgarian (later Austrian) Grandmaster Ilia Balinov.
Moser also published a small number of instructional chess DVDs with ChessBase.
==Personal life== Moser completed a degree in Business Administration in Graz in 2009. She worked for the Austrian chess magazine "Schach-Aktiv".
Eva Moser died of leukaemia on 31 March 2019<ref>Schulz, André (2019-04-03). [http://en.chessbase.com/post/eva-moser-died-of-leukaemia "Eva Moser (July 26, 1982 - March 31, 2019) has died at 36"]. ChessBase.</ref> in Graz.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{365Chess.com player}} * {{Chessgames.com player}} * {{OlimpBase player}}
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