Natalia Zhukova
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_(cropped).jpg) Zhukova at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016 | |
| Full name | Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born | 5 June 1979 Dresden, East Germany |
| Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
| Peak rating | 2499 (May 2010) |
Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova (Ukrainian: Наталія Олександрівна Жукова; born 5 June 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and two-time European women's champion. She won several age-group titles as a teenager, at both the European and world levels. She has also won several international women's tournaments. Zhukova has played for the Ukrainian women's national team since age 17 in 1996, the same year she won the Ukrainian women's championship in her debut. She played board one on the winning Ukrainian team at the 2006 Women's Chess Olympiad.
Early years
Zhukova was just 12 years old when she made her debut at the
Ukrainian women's championship at 16
Zhukova was the youngest player in the field when she made her debut in 1996 at the Ukrainian women's level. She tied for 1st–2nd places in the championship with 6/10
Olympian since age 17
Zhukova's early results earned her a spot on the Ukrainian national women's team starting in 1996, and she has represented Ukraine in six straight Olympiads, since 1998 on board one. In 65 games, she has scored (+20−13=32), for 55.4 per cent. Her complete Olympiad results are:[2]
- Yerevan 1996, board 4, +5−2=4
- Elista 1998, board 1, +3−4=3
- Istanbul 2000, board 1, +3−1=7
- Bled 2002, board 1, +3−3=5
- Calvià 2004, board 1, +1−3=8
- Turin 2006, board 1, +5−0=5, team and board gold medals
International successes
Zhukova tied for 1st−2nd places at
She won the European Women's Championship twice, in 2000 and 2015.
Personal life
Zhukova was born in Dresden, East Germany, and lives in Odesa, Ukraine. She was married to Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk.[3]
In the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Zhukova was placed fourth of the party list of Movement of New Forces.[4] The party failed to win seats.[5]
In the October
References
- ^ a b the Natalia Zhukova results file. Chessmetrics. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
- ^ "Ivanchuk wins yet another super-tournament". ChessBase. July 7, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ "Саакашвілі представив першу п'ятірку своєї партії".
- Ukrayinska Pravda(21 July 2019)
- Ukrayinska Pravda(16 September 2020)
External links
- Natalia Zhukova rating card at FIDE
- Natalia Zhukova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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