Olga Babiy Explained

Olga Babiy
Full Name:Olga Olehivna Babiy (Kalinina)
Birth Date:20 June 1989
Birth Place:Ternopil, Ukraine
Woman Grandmaster (2013)
Peakrating:2388 (June 2017)
Fideid:14117258

Olga Olehivna Babiy (Ukrainian: Ольга Олегівна Бабій; born 20 June 1989), Kalinina (Ukrainian: Калініна), is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2013).

Chess career

In 2009 she won Ukrainian girls' championship in the age category U20.[1] In the same year in Yevpatoria she won bronze medal in the Ukrainian women's chess championship.[2] In 2011 in Shenzhen she played for Ukrainian student national team in the 2011 Summer Universiade and won team silver medal. In 2015 in Lviv she won silver medal in the Ukrainian women's chess championship.

In 2008, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Чемпіонат України з шахів серед юнаків і дівчат до 20 років, Луганськ, 1-12.04.2009. Ukrainian Chess Championship among boys and girls under 20, Luhansk, 1-12 April 2009. ukrchess.org.ua. uk.
  2. Web site: Чемпіонат України серед жінок, Євпаторія, 22-31.05.2009. Ukrainian Women's Championship, Yevpatoria, 22-31 May 2009. Anatoly. Lisenko. ukrchess.org.ua. uk.
  3. Web site: FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO). Administrator. ratings.fide.com.