| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 October 1955 |
| Chess career | |
| Country |  Bulgaria |
| Title | Woman International Master (1982) |
| Peak rating | 2305 (January 1994) |
Pavlina Chilingirova (Bulgarian: Павлина Чилингирова, also Pavlina Angelova (Bulgarian: Павлина Ангелова); born 22 October 1955) is a Bulgarian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1982). She is a Bulgarian Women Chess Champion (1993).
In the 1980s and 1990s, she was one of the leading Bulgarian women's chess players. Chilingirova has participated in many Bulgarian women's chess championships where she won gold (1993), 2 silver (1981, 2007) and 6 bronzes (1980, 1986, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2006) medals. Several times she played in the Women's World Chess Championships zonal tournaments (1981, 1987, 1993, 1995). In 1988, Chilingirova won Dortmund international women's tournament. In 2007, she won Open Women Bulgarian Championship.
Chilingirova played for Bulgaria in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
At the 1988 Thessaloniki Olympiad, Chilingirova played a famous 17-move game against 12-year-old Judit Polgár, who won after sacrificing her queen on the final move. The game is popularly knows as Angelova Death.
She played for Bulgaria in the European Team Chess Championships:
In 1982, Chilingirova was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.
