Anna Gershnik

Anna Gershnik
Anna Gershnik
Country	Soviet Union; Israel; United States
Born	13 September 1975; Kaliningrad, Russia
Title	Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (1995)
Peak rating	2335 (July 1995)

Anna Gershnik (born 13 September 1975), née Segal, is an American Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1995), who until 1990 representing Soviet Union, and in 1990–2005 - Israel.[1]

Biography

In 1989, in Aguadilla she won World Youth Chess Championship in girl's U14 age category. The following year, her family went to Israel, and Anna Gershnik was immediately among the top chess players of this country. In 1991, in Graz she took the third place (behind Tatjana Lematschko and Constanze Jahn) in the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournament. In the following years she represented Israel several times at the World Junior Chess Championships (1992, 1993 - U18 girls, 1995 - U20 girls) and European Junior Chess Championships (1994, 1995 - U20 girls). In 1993, Anna Gershnik shared 4th place in the tournament First Saturday FS12 IM-A in Budapest. In 1998, she advanced to the semi-finals of the Israeli Women's Chess Championship play-off where she lost Ella Pitam.

Anna Gershnik played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2]

In 1990, at third board in the 29th Chess Olympiad (women) in Novi Sad (+5, =1, -4),
In 1992, at first board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+4, =2, -6),
In 1994, at second board in the 31st Chess Olympiad (women) in Moscow (+7, =5, -1),
In 1996, at second board in the 32nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Yerevan (+2, =1, -4),
In 1998, at first reserve board in the 33rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Elista (+2, =1, -3).

Anna Gershnik played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championship:[3]

In 1992, at second board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship (women) in Debrecen (+3, =1, -2).

In 1995, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title. In 1999, Anna Gershnik ended her active chess career.

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