Sabrina Vega (chess player)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vega and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.

Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez (born 28 February 1987 in Las Palmas) is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez

Sabrina Vega Gutiérrez in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1987-02-28) 28 February 1987 (age 38) Las Palmas, Spain
Chess career
Country	Spain
Title	International Master (2013) Woman Grandmaster (2007)
Peak rating	2427 (June 2017)

Chess career

Sisters Belinda (left) and Sabrina Vega play at the 2019 Andorra open

From 1996 to 2007, Vega participated in European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age categories. She fulfilled a Women's Grandmaster norm in Mondariz (2005/06), Lorce (2007) and La Massana (2007).^[1] Vega twice in a row won Belgrad chess tournaments (2013, 2014).^[2][3]

Vega has played for Spain in ten Chess Olympiads (2004, 2008–2018, 2022-2024).^[4] She won individual silver medal in 2024.^[5] Vega has played for Spain in six European Team Chess Championships (2005-2015).^[6]

She has been eight times Spanish Women's Champion winning the title in 2008, 2012, 2015,^[7] 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. In 2016, in Mamaia, Vega won silver medal in European Individual Women Chess Championship.

Her elder sister, Belinda Vega Gutierrez, started playing chess some years after her, and is a Woman International Master.^[8]