Svetlana Zainetdinova (born 19 October 1962 in Ufa) is an Estonian

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 who holds the FIDE title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 2006) and

ICCF title International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) was founded on 26 March 1951 as a new appearance of the International Correspondence Chess Association (ICCA), which was founded in 1945, as successor of the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IF ...

of Lady Grandmaster (LGM, 2009).

Biography

In 1979, Svetlana Zainetdinova graduated from

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

in Ufa. She started play chess in Ufa's Pioneers Palace. In 1984, Svetlana Zainetdinova has graduated from the Russian Institute of Physical Culture and works as a trainer. Since 1984 she has been working as a chess coach in

Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...

, and since 2002 she is a member of board in the local chess club "Diagonal". In Estonian Women's Chess Championship Svetlana Zainetdinova has won gold (1985) and silver medals (2000). She is an excellent

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

player who holds the titles of Lady International Correspondence Chess Master (LIM, 2006), Lady International Correspondence Chess Grand Master (LGM, 2009), International Correspondence Chess Master (IM, 2009).Player Details 930215 IM Zainetdinova, Svetlana (2421)
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zainetdinova, Svetlana 1962 births Living people Estonian female chess players Estonian chess players Soviet female chess players Soviet chess players Chess Woman FIDE Masters Sportspeople from Ufa Sportspeople from Kohtla-Järve Estonian people of Russian descent