Olga_Stjazhkina

Olga Stjazhkina

Olga Stjazhkina

Russian chess player

Olga Mikhailovna Stjazhkina (Russian: Ольга Михайловна Стяжкина; born 7 June 1970), née Florov, is a Russian chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1994.

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Biography

Olga Stjazhkina is Saint Petersburg chess school graduate. She five times won Saint Petersburg City Women's Chess Championship. Olga Stjazhkina twice won Russian Women's Team Chess Championships.[1]

In 2000, Olga Stjazhkina participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Wang Lei.[2]

In 1994, she received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title. In 2015, she became a FIDE Arbiter (FA).[3]

Her daughter Anna (born 1997) also is chess master, winner of World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Пять принципов Ольги Стяжкиной" [Olga Styazhkina's five principles]. UG.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "2000 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Title Applications - 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting, 26-29 April 2015 - FIDE Arbiter (FA) - Stjazhkina, Olga". FIDE.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    "WELCOME TO BS CHESS". bs-chess.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.


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