| Tamara Klink | |
| Country: | Soviet Union Russia Kazakhstan Germany |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Shymkent, Kazakhstan |
| Woman Grandmaster (2000) | |
| Rating: | 2308 (February 2016) |
| Peakrating: | 2340 (October 2000) |
| Fideid: | 4682920 |
Tamara Klink (Kogan, also Girkiyan-Klink, born 27 April 1967) is a German chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2000). She previously played for the Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992 - 1993), and Kazakhstan (1993 - 2001).
In 1988, Tamara Klink participated in USSR Women's Chess Championship final and ranked in 13th place. In 1991, in Leningrad she ranked 7th in FIDE Zonal chess tournament. After dissolution of the Soviet Union Klink played for Russia and Kazakhstan.
Klink played for Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]
Since 2000, Klink lives in Germany, and since 2001, she represents this country in chess tournaments. She was medalist of international chess tournaments in Kassel in 2000, in which she shared the 3rd-10th place,[2] and in Baunatal in 2000, in which she shared the 2nd-3rd place.[3] With OSG chess club Baden-Baden Tamara Klink multiple times won Chess Women's Bundesliga (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012). In 2002, with this club, she participated in the European Women's Chess Club Cup.[4]
In 1995, she received the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later.