Yelena Dembo
Yelena Dembo | |
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Woman Grandmaster (2001) | |
FIDE rating | 2448 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2482 (September 2009) |
Yelena Dembo (born December 8, 1983) is a Greek
Family background
Dembo was born on December 8, 1983, in Penza, Russia. She first began to read when she was two-and-a-half years old and at the age of three years and nine months, played for the first time in a chess tournament among boys under twelve, enabling her to become a rated chess-player.
Dembo's mother Nadezhda Fokina
At seven years of age, her family emigrated to Israel and the young Dembo was Israeli girls' champion five times, including once in the 'Under 20' category.
Chess and coaching career
Much of her time is spent working as a chess coach. Her parents created a chess academy.
While living in Hungary between 2001 and 2003, she won the
She has eight medals from World and European championships, including the 2002 European Rapid Championship gold medal for girls 'Under 20', gained in Novi Sad and, most significantly, the bronze medal from the Women's European Individual Chess Championship (held Moldova, 2005). At the 2008 EU Individual Open Chess Championship held in Liverpool, she shared the prize for 'highest placed woman' with Jovanka Houska and Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant.
Dembo has participated in men's and women's leagues in the following countries: Israel, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, UK, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. At Olympiads and at the European Team Chess Championships, she has represented both Hungary and Greece.
Books
She is also a writer on chess and has produced the following English-language books for the publisher Everyman Chess:
- The Very Unusual Book About Chess
- Conversation with a Professional Trainer - Methods of Positional Play
- Play the Grünfeld, ISBN 978-1-85744-521-3.
- Fighting the Anti-King's Indians: How to Handle White's Tricky Ways of Avoiding the Main Lines, 2008, ISBN 978-1-85744-575-6
References
- ^ Misha Savinov (1 November 2006). "Misha Interviews.... Interview with Yelena Dembo" (pdf). ChessCafe.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Online Chess Interview". Chessmaniac.com. 2006-01-23. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- ^ Dembo, Yelena (10 March 2018). "About Me – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy". Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Yelena Dembo player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Yelena Dembo games at 365Chess.com
- Yelena Dembo Interview on LatestChess 2008.