In the 2000s, Petra Schuurman was one of the leading female Dutch chess players. She competed many times in the finals of the Dutch Women's Chess Championships, winning three medals: silver (2008) and two bronze (2003, 2004). In 2004, Petra Schuurman came third in one of the Corus festival's side tournaments in Wijk aan Zee[1] and won the Open chess tournament in Austria.[2]
Petra Schuurman played for the Netherlands in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]
- In 2002, at the third board in the 35th Chess Olympiad (women) in Bled (+6, =2, -4),
- In 2004, at the third board in the 36th Chess Olympiad (women) in Calvià (+5, =4, -2),
- In 2006, at the third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad (women) in Turin (+3, =3, -3),
- In 2008, at the second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+4, =3, -2).
Schuurman played for the Netherlands in the European Team Chess Championship:[4]
- In 2001, at the first reserve board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship (women) in León (+0, =2, -1),
- In 2003, at the first reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Plovdiv (+3, =1, -2),
- In 2005, at the third board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Gothenburg (+3, =5, -0),
- In 2007, at the fourth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Heraklion (+2, =3, -2),
- In 2009, at the second board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Novi Sad (+3, =2, -1).
Schuurman has a doctorate in mathematics and computer science from Eindhoven University of Technology, earned in 2001 under the joint supervision of Jan Karel Lenstra and Gerhard J. Woeginger.[5]
