Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (russian: Александра Мальцевская; born 5 July 2002) is a Russian-born Polish chess player who holds the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of International Master (IM).

Biography

Aleksandra Maltsevskaya was a Rostov-on-Don chess school schoolgirl. In 2015, she won the Russian Youth Chess Championship in the U15 Girls age group. In the 2000s, Maltsevskaya repeatedly represented Russia at the

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 there was als ...

s and

World Youth Chess Championship The World Youth Chess Championship is a FIDE-organized worldwide chess competition for boys and girls under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. Twelve world champions are crowned every year. Since 2015, the event has been split into "World Cade ...

s in different age groups, where she won six medals: gold (in 2016, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group), two silver (in 2015, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group, and in 2016, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group) and two bronze (in 2012, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group, and in 2017, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group). In 2013, she won silver medal in World School Chess Championship in the U11 girls age group. In 2018, Maltsevskaya won the World Girls U-20 Championship, held in Gebze, Turkey, and was awarded the FIDE

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WGM) title.

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