Tilsia Varela

Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid (born 1994), is a Venezuelan chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 2013.^[2]

Tilsia Varela
Varela at the 2019 Andorra open
Full name	Tilsia Carolina Varela La Madrid
Country	Venezuela
Born	(1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 (age 30) Maracaibo, Venezuela[1]
Title	Woman International Master (2013)
Peak rating	2118 (November 2022)

Chess career

She has represented Venezuela at a number of Women's Chess Olympiads, including 2012, where she scored 3½/7 on board four,^[3] 2014 (6/8 as first reserve) and 2016 (4/9 on board three).^[4]

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where she took Pauline Guichard to tiebreaks before eventually being defeated 2½-1½ in the first round.^{[5] [6]}

She again qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, being eliminated by Olga Badelka in the first round.^[7]