| Elena Maksimova | |
| Full Name: | Elena Maksimova-Klimets |
| Country: | Belarus |
| Birth Date: | 1988 5, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Woman FIDE Master (2005) | |
| Rating: | 2070 (March 2010) |
| Peakrating: | 2150 (July 2008) |
| Fideid: | 13503529 |
Elena Maksimova (Russian: link=no|Елена Григорьевна Максимова; born 6 May 1988), née Klimets (Russian: link=no|Климец), also Maksimova-Klimets (Russian: link=no|Максимова-Климец), is a Belarusian chess player and journalist who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 2005).
In 2000s Elena Maksimova was one of the leading Belarusian chess players. Elena Maksimova played for Belarus in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[1]
In 2010, she graduated from Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University Physics and Mathematics Department with master's degree. From 2011 Elena Maksimova lives in Moscow and worked as journalist from Russian chess portals chess-news.ru and chesspro.ru.[2]