Irina Kryukova

Irina Kryukova (Russian: Ирина Викторовна Крюкова; born 18 May 1968), née Kulish, is a Russian Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2001).

Irina Kryukova
CountryRussia
Born (1968-05-18) 18 May 1968
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
TitleWoman Grandmaster (WGM) (2001)

Biography

In the early and mid-1990s, Irina Kryukova was among the leading female chess players in Russia. In 1994, she won silver medal in Russian Women's Chess Championship behind Ekaterina Kovalevskaya.[1]

Irina Kryukova two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:

Irina Kryukova played for Russia-2 team in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[4]

In 1993, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title eight year later. Also Irina Kryukova received FIDE International Arbitr (IA, 2011) and International Organizator (IO, 2012) titles.

Known as a chess trainer in various chess schools in Moscow and Moscow Oblast, where she has worked for more than 20 years.[5][6]

References
  1. "RUS-ch (Women) 1994 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com.
  2. "1993 Jakarta Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  3. "1995 Kishinev Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
  4. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Irina Kulish". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "Тренеры - преподаватели шахматной школы - "Чемпион"".
  6. Крюкова Ирина Викторовна


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