Tamara Golovey ( be, Тамара Галавей; russian: Тамара Ошеровна Головей) is a

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, Chess International Arbiter and the Merited Coach of the Republic of Belarus. Her

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rating (USCF) is 2322.

Biography

Tamara was born in

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, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, on September 19, 1943. She started studying chess at 12 under A. Shagalovich (

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

). Although she graduated from Belarusian Polytechnic Institute in 1965, she left the engineering career for chess. Since 1970 she has been the Chief Chess Coach of Minsk Children's Sports School of Olympic Reserve N 11. She won Belarusian Women Chess Championship three times (1965, 1969 and 1976) and was a multiple finalist of the

USSR Women's Chess Championship The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union from 1927 through 1991 to determine the women's chess national champion. The championship was not played on a regular basis in the years 1927–1937 and there was a break during ...

s. From 1989 she became an International Arbiter. She was Chief Arbiter of many international tournaments. Since 1999 Tamara has lived in the USA. She took third place together with Albert Chow (FIDE Master, USCF 2294) in 2000 Illinois Open Chess Championship and fourth in 2001 Illinois Open among men. She successfully continues to prepare children in Chicago for tournament play.

Coach

"As a leading chess coach in the former Soviet Union, Tamara Golovey trained some of the top-ranked players in the world", such as Boris Gelfand,

International Grandmaster Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally it ha ...

, double Olympic Champion, ranked third in the world in 1991 and winner of the

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in 2011, and Yury Shulman, International Grandmaster, 2008 US Champion. Tamara_GelfandWin

Her students have included: * Yuliya Levitan, International Master, 1992 US Olympic team member (USCF 2228) * Valeri Atlas, International Master, 1994 Olympic bronze medalist (USCF 2448)
Eric Rosen
International Master (USCF 2413)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Golovey, Tamara Chess coaches Living people 1943 births People from Namangan Region Belarusian emigrants to the United States Soviet female chess players Belarusian female chess players Uzbekistani Jews Belarusian Jews Soviet Jews Jewish chess players Chess players from Minsk Chess arbiters