Irina Viktorovna Kryukova (russian: Ирина Викторовна Крюкова; born 18 May 1968), Kulish, is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2001).

Biography

In the early and mid-1990s, Irina Kryukova was among the leading female chess players in Russia. In 1994, she won silver medal in

Russian Women's Chess Championship The Russian Chess Championship has taken various forms. Winners by year (men) Imperial Russia In 1874, Emanuel Schiffers defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg with five wins and four losses. Schiffers was considered the first R ...

behind

Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (russian: Екатерина Ковалевская; born 17 April 1974, in Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Russian Women's ...

. Irina Kryukova two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: * In 1993, at Interzonal Tournament in

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

ranked 19th place; * In 1995, at Interzonal Tournament in Chişinău ranked 38th place. Irina Kryukova played for Russia-2 team in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1994, at first board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

(+5, =5, -2). In 1993, she 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 and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title eight year later. Also Kryukova received FIDE

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 ...

(IA, 2011) and

FIDE International Organizer 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 ...

(FIO, 2012) titles. Known as a chess trainer in various chess schools in Moscow and

Moscow Oblast Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally "under Moscow"), is a federal subject of Rus ...

, where she has worked for more than 20 years.

References

External links

* * * 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk Russian female chess players Soviet female chess players Chess woman grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Chess arbiters 20th-century Russian women 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-chess-bio-stub