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Country
  
Soviet Union  Estonia

Title
  
Woman FIDE Master

Name
  
Valeriya Gansvind


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Born
  
November 22, 1965 (age 58) Moscow Oblast, Russia (
1965-11-22
)

Valeriya Gansvind (born November 22, 1965 in Moscow Oblast) is an Estonian chess Woman FIDE Master.

Biography

Valeriya Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated from Moscow boarding sports school. In chess competitions Valeriya played for Estonia because her mother is from Tartu. In Estonian Women's Chess Championship Valeriya Gansvind has won 2 gold (2006, 2009) and 2 silver medals (2005, 2008).

Valeriya Gansvind played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:

  • In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3 −3 =5);
  • In 2008, at second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+6 −1 =4);
  • In 2010, at second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3 −4 =4).

    • Worked as a chess coach. Lives in Moscow and Canada, taking part in there a chess tournaments. Valeriya's son Andrey Kalinichev is FIDE master and has won Estonian Chess Championship silver medal in 2005.

    References

    Valeriya Gansvind Wikipedia
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