Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya (russian: Галина Николаевна Струтинская; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player, trainer and

international arbiter {{No footnotes, date=April 2022 In chess tournaments, an arbiter is an official who oversees matches and ensures that the rules of chess are followed. International Arbiter ''International Arbiter'' is a title awarded by FIDE to individuals deemed ...

. She won the Women's

World Senior Chess Championship The World Senior Chess Championship is an annual chess tournament established in 1991 by FIDE, the World Chess Federation. Overview Originally, the minimum age was 60 years for men, and 50 for women. Since 2014, the Senior Championship is split i ...

in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+). The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of

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). Strutinskaya also won the Women's

European Senior Chess Championship The European Senior Chess Championship is a chess tournament for senior chess players organised by the European Chess Union (ECU). Beginning in 2001, entry was open to men aged sixty or over (60+) by January 1 of the year the tournament starts. The ...

in the 50+ category in 2016 and 2017. Strutinskaya played for Russia's second team in the

Women's Chess Olympiad The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE (the International Chess Federation) since 1957 (every two years since 1972), where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals. Since 1976 the Women's Chess Olympia ...

in 1994.Galina Strutinskaya
team chess record at Olimpbase.org

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strutinskaya, Galina 1957 births Living people Chess woman grandmasters Russian female chess players Soviet female chess players World Senior Chess Champions Chess Olympiad competitors Place of birth missing (living people) Chess arbiters