Olga Badelka Explained

Olga Badelka
Country:	Belarus (until 2023) FIDE (since 2023)
Birth Date:	8 July 2002
Birth Place:	Mogilev, Belarus^[1]
International Master (2019) Woman Grandmaster (2019)
Fideid:	13509926
Peakrating:	2453 (December 2021)

Olga Badelka (Belarusian: Вольга Бадэлька, Russian: Ольга Баделько; born 8 July 2002) is a Belarusian chess player, currently playing for the Russian Chess Federation, who holds the FIDE title of International Master (IM, 2019). In 2021, she was on the chess team of the University of Missouri in the United States.As of 2022, Badelka now plays chess full-time.

Biography

Olga Badelka is multiple winner of Belarusian Youth Chess Championships for girls in different age groups:U16 (2017),^[2] U18 (2017),^[3] U20 (2016).^[4]

She repeatedly represented Belarus at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won five medals: gold (in 2017, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group^[5]), three silver (in 2012, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group, and in 2018, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group,^[6] and in 2019, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 girls age group^[7]) and bronze (in 2014, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group^[8]). In 2013, Badelka won World School Chess Championship in the U11 girls age group.^[9] She four time played for Belarus in World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads (2014-2017).^[10]

In 2017, in Riga, Badelka participated in the Women's European Individual Chess Championship.^[11]

Badelka played for Belarus in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• In 2016, at third board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+5, =3, -2),^[12]
• In 2018, at first board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+3, =5, -1).^[13]

In 2017, she received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.^[14] She received the International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) titles in 2019.^[15]

In 2021, Badelka played the Bongcloud (doubled but not drawn) against Magnus Carlsen during a blitz event. Carlsen dubbed the move "...very silly and a little bit legendary...".

In 2021, she entered the University of Missouri in the United States, joining the university's chess team and majoring in linguistics.^{[16] [17]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ольга Баделько и Вячеслав Зарубицкий - главные юные таланты белорусских шахмат . 25 January 2018 . sb.by.
2. Web site: Ch BLR U16 w . Chess-Results.com.
3. Web site: Ch BLR U18 w . Chess-Results.com.
4. Web site: Ch BLR U20 w . Chess-Results.com.
5. Web site: European Youth Chess Championship 2017 . Chess-Results.com.
6. Web site: European Youth Chess Championship G-16 - 2018 . Chess-Results.com.
7. http://chess-results.com/tnr459974.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30 European Youth Chess Championships 2019 Girls U18
8. Web site: World Youth Chess Championships 2014 . Chess-Results.com.
9. Web site: World School Chess Championships 2013 . Chess-Results.com.
10. Web site: World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads :: Olga Badelka . OlimpBase.org.
11. Web site: European Individual Women Chess Championship 2017 . Chess-Results.com.
12. Web site: 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women . Chess-Results.com.
13. Web site: 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women . Chess-Results.com.
14. Web site: FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO) . ratings.FIDE.com.
15. Web site: Badelka, Olga . ratings.FIDE.com.
16. Web site: Missouri chess team . Missouri.edu.
17. Web site: Building success in chess with the 'Queen's' game . Missouri.edu. (article about women's chess at the Univ. of Missouri)