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]
| Svitlana Demchenko | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | October 4, 2003 |
| Title | Woman International Master (2019) |
| FIDE rating | 2183 (September 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2285 (September 2021) |
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:
- In 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad on the fourth board, scoring 5½/9 (+2, =7, -0).[7]
- In 2022 Chennai Chess Olympiad on the second board, scoring 7½/11 (+6, =3, -2). [8]
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]
References edit
- ^ Kaehler, Arne (23 April 2021). "Rapid Interview - Svitlana Demchenko". ChessBase. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ ChessResults. "2023 Canadian Woman Closed Championship". ChessResults, 2023.
- ^ ChessBase Biographies. "ChessBase Authors". ChessBase, 2024.
- ^ Cecil Rosner (18 February 2022). "Medical studies come first, but Ottawa university student also excels at teaching chess". Globe and Mail, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ CBC Kids News (22 July 2019). "Practise often, don't give up: Lessons from a teenage chess champion". CBC Kids News, 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ ChessBase Biographies. "ChessBase Authors". ChessBase, 2024.
- ^ "43nd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women". Chess Results. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women". Chess Results.
- ^ McGourty, Colin (15 July 2021). "FIDE World Cup 1.3: 14-year-old Volodar Murzin in upset win". chess24. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ Twitch Channels. "SvetaStream". Twitch, 2024.
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