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Full name: Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina
Title: Chess Grandmaster (2018), International Master (2013)
Born: 28th September 1998
Place of birth: Orsk, Russia
Ratings
World ranking: 173
Rapid: 2473
Blitz: 2426
Classical (Std): 2610
Profiles
Aleksandra Goryachkina is one of the most popular chess players, highly rated globally and being one of the best Russian Chess players. She is the fourth-rated chess player in women’s chess history, with a world ranking of 173. This made her the only woman rated high after Konery Humpy, Hou Yifun, and Judit Polgar. She reached a jaw-dropping FIDE rating of 2611 making her one of the best female Chess players of all time. For more information on FIDE and ratings, see the step-by-step guide on how to get a FIDE rating. Aleksandra Goryachkina earned her chess grandmaster in 2018 and an international master in 2013. In addition, she has a quick rating of 2473 and a blitz rating of 2426. Her classical rating is at 2610.
Biography
Aleksandra Goryachkina is a famous chess player in the women’s chess championships born in Orsk, Russia. She started building her carrier in chess games at a young age when she participated in the world Youth tournaments. Aleksandra Goryachkina also participated in the World Junior Chess Championship in 2008. In both competitions, she emerged glorious after winning five gold medals in the level under ten years girls’ championship in the tournaments. This made her one of the most rated players in the games at her junior age.
In 2011, Aleksandra Goryachkina delivered one of her best performances in the under-14 level of the Youth Chess Championship, where she produced a perfect score of 9/9. In the tournament, she became more victorious by beating the top-placed finishers, including her rival Khademalsharieh, who managed to get away with a bronze medal. This was an outstanding achievement for Aleksandra Goryachkina as she showed her potential in the chess games. Aleksandra Goryachkina was first first-rateIDE in 2009, where she managed a FIDE rating of 2000. After winning the Russian 2008 under-18 tournaments, she reached the rating g, where he gained 60 rating points.
At the age of 12years, her rating got a massive jump by almost 300 points when her points moved from 2045 to 2333 in the 2011 championships. She first participated in European Individual Woman Championship for the first time in 2011, where she scored 5/6. Since the 2011 breakthrough, her ratings have steadily risen and reached 2400 by the beginning of the year 2013. In 2015, she became the Russian Woman champion after winning the Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal. However, this also improved her ratings to 2500, which later fell back to 2400 in 2016 when she only scored 5/11. It was not easier for her to rise and improve her rating until 2018.
Goryachkina managed to return her ratings to 2500 in mid-2018 when she won a grandmaster for the third time. She was the fifth-youngest player in the women’s chess championship to win Grandmaster at f 19 years. This made her gain most of the points she lost in the previous tournaments and recorded a new rating of 2535, which became her peak FIDE rating. She continued with positive progress when she emerged victorious in the Women’s Candidates Tournament. The tournament, part of the 2019 European Individual Championships, was glorious as she won by 1.5 points. She achieved this buy perfectly by scoring 9.5/14.
In the women’s world championship games held, the 2020 Goryachkina and a Chinese player Ju managed to win the games and became victorious. Goryachkina, from Russia, led in eight games and the classical last game. She narrowly lost the game after a tight tiebreak she played with black. Ju won the game in white, with other games finishing in draws which made her become the champion of Women’s World Champion for another time after winning the previous championship. However, the difference in rating between Ju and Goryachkina was slight, as Ju had a rating of 2584 while Goryachkina had a rating of 2578.
The Beginning
Goryachkina started developing an interest in Chess at the age of six yeast. She learned about Chess from her father when She was in Kindergarten. Goryachkina used to accompany her father to the Chess school where children learned Chess games. Her father became her first coach at the beginning of her carrier after showing interest in the game. Goryachkina started showing her talent when she defeated her mother in a chess game at nine years. Her progress was victorious, and she managed to defeat her father not long after defeating her mother in the game.
She later began participating in Youth Championship in 2008 at the age of nine, where she competed in the World Junior Chess Championships at the under-10 level. Surprisingly, she won a gold medal and continued with the victorious wins up to 2011, when she won her fifth gold medal in the under-14 level. She then moved with her father to Salekhard, in Serbia, following her victorious wins. In Serbia, she continued training in chess games at Anatoly Karpov school for chess, where her father worked as a coach. They were later joined by her mother and sister and started working with Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Belov. She continued with her progress, winning the more gold medal and becoming more victorious in the Women’s World Championships. This made her become the most famous Russian chess player in the world, as she is currently rated among the top four best chess women globally.
Achievements
Goryachkina has proven to be self-motivated and victorious from an early age. She is rated the fourth-best woman in the history of the chess game. This is after she managed to reach a rating of 2611 as her peak FIDE rating in 2011. In Russia, she is leading as the woman with the highest rating. This has made him much ahead of her sisters Tatiana Kosintseva and Nadezhda, below 2580 in their peak FIDE rating.
GothamChess made a video going over some of her recent games including a win against one of the best Chess players in the world, Deev.
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Sources
- http://chess-results.com/tnr15982.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=11
- http://www.obninskchess.ru/alltur/alltur11/champw61/turnir/index.html
- https://www.chessdom.com/aleksandra-goryachkina-becomes-wgm-at-13/
- https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-format-for-the-women-s-world-championship-cycle
- https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-women-world-chess-championship-goryachkina-ju-wenjun-game-12
- https://en.chessbase.com/post/womens-grand-prix-monaco-2019
