Inna Koren ( Izrailov, born 30 March 1964) is an

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i-born

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chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1986). She was also a United States Women's Chess Championship titleholder.

Biography

Since 1979, Koren has been living in the United States. In 1986, she won the United States Women's Chess Championship and was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master 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 ...

(WIM) title that year. In 1987, Koren participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka sharing 6th-7th place with

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. She played for United States in two Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+3, =2, -4), * In 1988, at third board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+3, =5, -2). Koren graduated from

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with a degree in

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. While at Yale, she played for the winning team at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championship. The winning 1983 team from Yale University featured three future US Chess Champions in

Joel Benjamin Joel Lawrence Benjamin (born March 11, 1964) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). In 1998, he was voted "Grandmaster of the Year" by the U.S. Chess Federation. , his Elo rating was 2506, making him the No. ...

Michael Wilder Michael Wilder (born August 17, 1962) is an American chess grandmaster and a J.D graduate of the University of Michigan. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 1988. He won the 1988 U.S. Chess Championship. He also tied for third in the 1987 ...

, and Inna Izrailov (Koren). She started her career in mortgage finance at

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, followed by 11 years at

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, Inc. as a Senior Vice President in MBS/ABS Research. From 2001 to 2003, she was with Wachovia Securities running their ABS Consumer Research. In 2003, she joined Barclays Capital PLC as a Director and Senior Home Equity/ABS Analyst.

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* * * * 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku American female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors Yale University alumni 21st-century American women {{Azerbaijan-chess-bio-stub