Olga Dolzhykova | |
Country: | Ukraine (until 2012) Norway (since 2012) |
Birth Date: | 22 January 1979 |
Birth Place: | Ukraine, Soviet Union |
Woman Grandmaster (2002) | |
Peakrating: | 2342 (January 2001) |
Fideid: | 14105870 |
Olga Dolzhykova (Olga Dolzhikova; Olga Dolzjikova; born 22 January 1979) is a Ukrainian-Norwegian chess player and educator.
Dolzhykova holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2002).[1] [2] She plays chess for the club, and has represented Norway internationally at the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship.[3]
She was the joint winner of the Ukrainian Independence cup - A in 2008.[4]
She has a doctorate in chess pedagogy and has been assigned with, working with chess education for children and young adults.[3]
Dolzhikova was born in Ukraine. She is a sister of Kateryna Dolzhykova and thus a former sister-in-law of Sergey Karjakin. She moved to Norway in 2012 as a student, and has settled in Norway with her husband and son.[5]