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10 Lei Women Chess Championship
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA 2005 MOLDOVA 10 LEI |
| Reverse description | The central field depicts a perspective view of a chessboard with a queen piece and a knight piece prominently rendered in high relief in the left and centre of the composition. Behind the chess pieces, an outlined map of Moldova with vertical line shading fills the right portion of the field. The inscription 2005 CHIȘINĂU appears in the centre of the field, superimposed over the map. The circular legend CAMPIONATUL EUROPEAN FEMININ LA ȘAH arcs around the full periphery of the coin, reading from the upper left, across the top, and down the right side to the bottom. |
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The 2005 Women's World Chess Championship was held in Ekaterinburg, Russia, won by Xie Jun's compatriot Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria — the first European woman to claim the title in over a decade. Moldova's issue commemorates the event amid a broader post-Soviet interest in chess culture across the region, where the game retained serious institutional prestige long after Soviet funding structures collapsed.