Svitlana Demchenko Explained

Svitlana Demchenko
Country:Canada
Birth Date:4 October 2003
Woman International Master (2019)
Rating:2167 (August 2024)
Peakrating:2285 (September 2021)
Fideid:14149893

Svitlana Demchenko (born October 4, 2003) is a Ukrainian-born Canadian chess player. Svitlana Demchenko achieved the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2016 and now holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM) since achieved in 2019.[1] Svitlana Demchenko is the 2023 Canadian Women's Closed Champion. [2]

She was a five-time Canadian Girls Champion and a two-time North American Girls Champion in different age categories. [3] [4] [5] Demchenko has been a member of the Canadian Women’s Olympiad Team since 2018, and has represented Canada at the Women’s World Cup. [6]

She played on the Canadian Women's Chess Olympiad team:

She competed in the 2021 Women's Chess World Cup, where she pushed 35th seed Karina Cyfka to tiebreaks in the first round despite being rated more than 300 points lower, losing in the second set of rapid tiebreaks.[9]

She is an active chess streamer on Twitch under the name "SvetaStream".[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kaehler . Arne . Rapid Interview - Svitlana Demchenko . ChessBase . 24 July 2021 . 23 April 2021.
  2. Web site: ChessResults . 2023 Canadian Woman Closed Championship. ChessResults, 2023.
  3. Web site: ChessBase Biographies . ChessBase Authors. ChessBase, 2024.
  4. Web site: Cecil Rosner (18 February 2022) . Medical studies come first, but Ottawa university student also excels at teaching chess . Globe and Mail, 2022.
  5. Web site: CBC Kids News (22 July 2019) . Practise often, don’t give up: Lessons from a teenage chess champion. CBC Kids News, 2019.
  6. Web site: ChessBase Biographies . ChessBase Authors. ChessBase, 2024.
  7. Web site: 43nd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women . Chess Results . 14 February 2021.
  8. Web site: 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women . Chess Results .
  9. Web site: McGourty . Colin . FIDE World Cup 1.3: 14-year-old Volodar Murzin in upset win . chess24 . 24 July 2021 . 15 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Twitch Channels . SvetaStream. Twitch, 2024.