Elizaveta Solozhenkina
| Elizaveta Solozhenkina | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Elizaveta Evgenievna Solozhenkina |
| Country | Russia |
| Born | 10 September 2003 |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2021) |
| Peak rating | 2330 (April 2019) |
Elizaveta Evgenievna Solozhenkina (Russian: Елизавета Евгеньевна Соложенкина; born 10 September 2003) is a Russian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2021.
Biography
[edit]Elizaveta Solozhenkina is the daughter of GM Evgeniy Solozhenkin. She is a Saint Petersburg chess school schoolgirl. She started playing chess from the age of five.[1] In 2015, Elizaveta Solozhenkina won the Russian Youth Chess Championship in the U13 girls age group.[2]
Solozhenkina repeatedly represented Russia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won five medals: gold (in 2015, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group[3]), three silver (in 2012 and 2013, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group,[4][5] and in 2014, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group[6]) and bronze (in 2017, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group[7]).
In 2016, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Юная жительница Петербурга Елизавета Соложенкина стала вице-чемпионкой мира по шахматам" [Young resident of St. Petersburg Elizaveta Solozhenkina became the vice-champion of the world in chess]. Argumenti.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Первенство России 2015 года по шахматам среди девочек до 13 лет" [2015 Russian U13 Chess Championship]. Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "25th European Youth Chess Championship 2015 U12 - Girls". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "European Youth Chess Championship G10". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "23rd EUROPEAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013 - GIRLS U10". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "World Youth Chess Championships 2014". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "World Youth Chess Championship 2017". Chess-Results.com.
- ^ "Title Applications - 87th FIDE Congress 2016 - Woman International Master (WIM)". Ratings.FIDE.com.
External links
[edit]- Elizaveta Solozhenkina rating card at FIDE
- Elizaveta Solozhenkina player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Elizaveta Solozhenkina chess games at 365Chess.com
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