Irina Alexandrovna Vasilevich (russian: Ирина Александровна Василевич; born 19 April 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles of
Woman Grandmaster and
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 ...
.
Biography
In 2006, Irina Vasilevich won the International Women's Chess Tournament in
Krk
Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kota ...
. In 2011, she won the International Women's Chess Tournament in
Rijeka
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. In 2013, Irina Vasilevich won the
Moscow
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City Women's Chess Championship. She four times participated at the European Women's Chess Clubs Cup (2005, 2007, 2010-2011).
In 2000s Irina Vasilevich participated in
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship (WWCC) is played to determine the world champion in women's chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE.
Unlike with most sports recognized by the International Olympic Committee, wher ...
by
knock-out
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system:
* In
Women's World Chess Championship 2006 The Women's World Chess Championship 2006 took place from March 10–27, 2006 in Ekaterinburg, Russia. For the fourth time, the championship took the form of a 64-player knock-out tournament.
The tournament was won by Xu Yuhua, who beat Alisa Galli ...
in the first round lost to
Svetlana Matveeva
Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva (russian: Светлана Владиславовна Матвеева; born 4 July 1969) is a Russian chess player holding the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
In 1984, she tied for first ...
,
* In
Women's World Chess Championship 2010 in the first round lost to
Marie Sebag.
In 2004, 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) and
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 ...
(IM) titles year later.
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1985 births
Living people
Russian female chess players
Russian chess players
Chess woman grandmasters
Chess International Masters
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