Tatiana Shumiakina Explained

Tatiana Shumiakina
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Birth Date:4 October 1965
Birth Place:Chelyabinsk, Russia
Woman Grandmaster (1994)
Rating:2325 (January 2010)
Peakrating:2376 (October 2000)
Fideid:4108370

Tatiana Shumiakina (Russian: Татьяна Анатольевна Шумякина; born 4 October 1965) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1994).

Chess career

In 1990, Shumiakina won a bronze medal in USSR Women's Chess Championship. In 2000 she won Russia Women's Chess Cup. Won multiple international women's chess tournaments: Prešov (1988), Chelyabinsk (1990), Timișoara (1994) Bucharest (1994, together with Elena-Luminița Cosma).[1]

Shumiakina twice participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments where in 1993 in Jakarta and in 1995 in Chişinău she ranked 22nd place.[2] [3] In 2001, Tatiana Shumiakina participated in Women's World Chess Championship 2001 by knock-out and in the first round lost to Elina Danielian.[4]

Shumiakina played for Russia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[5]

In 1989, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title five year later.

Shumiakina graduated from the Chelyabinsk State Institute of Physical Culture. She works as a chess trainer in Chelyabinsk children and youth sports school.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ШУМЯКИНА Татьяна Анатольевна - Энциклопедия "Челябинск". www.book-chel.ru.
  2. Web site: 1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. Web site: 1995 Kishinev Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. Web site: 2001-02 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women). www.mark-weeks.com.
  5. Web site: OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Tatiana Shumiakina. Wojciech. Bartelski. www.olimpbase.org.
  6. Web site: Шумякина Татьяна Анатольевна - shashki.org. shashki.org.