Galina Strutinskaya Explained

Galina Strutinskaya
Birthname:	Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya
Country:	Soviet Union → Russia
Birth Date:	^[1]
Woman Grandmaster (2011)
Peakrating:	2361 (July 2001)

Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya (Russian: Галина Николаевна Струтинская; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian chess player, trainer and international arbiter. She won the Women's World Senior Chess Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+).^{[2] [3] [4]} The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Strutinskaya also won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in the 50+ category in 2016 and 2017.^{[5] [6]}

Strutinskaya played for Russia's second team in the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1994.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://chess-land.ru/modules.php?name=glos&page=000295 Струтинская, Галина Николаевна
2. Web site: Capece. Adolivio. 2011-12-04. World Senior Championship won by IM Vladimir Okhotnik. 2020-08-07. Chess News. ChessBase.
3. Web site: IM Jens Kristiansen and WGM Galina Strutinskaya are World Senior Chess Champions 2012. 2012-11-25. Chessdom. 2020-08-07.
4. Web site: 25th World Senior Chess Championship 2015 – Winners. 2015-11-26. Chessdom. 2020-08-07.
5. Web site: Galina Strutinskaya Become European Senior Champion. 2020-08-07. 2016-06-13. Chess Federation of Russia.
6. Web site: 17th European Senior Chess Championship Finished in Spain. 2020-08-07. 2017-08-21. Chess Federation of Russia.
7. http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/i68gcgmk.html Galina Strutinskaya