Joanna Worek | |
---|---|
Country | Poland Czech Republic |
Born | Pszczyna, Poland | 23 January 1986
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2013) |
Peak rating | 2363 (June 2016) |
Joanna Worek (born 23 January 1986) is a Polish and Czech chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
In 2001, she won the bronze medal at the World Youth Chess Championship in the Girls U16 category. [1] Worek transferred national federations from Poland to the Czech Republic in 2016. [2] In the same year, she won the Czech Women's Chess Championship. [3]
In team events, Worek played for Poland in the Women's Chess Olympiad of 2012 and the Women's European Team Chess Championship in 2013. Since 2016, she has played for the Czech team in the Women's Chess Olympiad, the Women's European Team Championship, and the Women's Mitropa Cup.
Kateryna Aleksandrovna Lagno is a Russian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, she earned the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years, four months and two days. In 2007, she was awarded the grandmaster title.
Antoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion from 2004 to 2006. She has represented Bulgaria in the Chess Olympiad in 2000 and the Women's Chess Olympiad since 1992.
Anna Olehivna Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the fourth woman in chess history to attain a FIDE rating of at least 2600. She has been ranked as high as No. 197 in the world, and No. 2 among women. Muzychuk is a three-time world champion in fast chess, having won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship once in 2014 and the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship twice in 2014 and 2016. In classical chess, she was the 2017 Women's World Championship runner-up.
Kateřina Němcová is a Czech and American chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was women's Czech champion in 2008 and 2010. She came second in the World Youth Chess Championship of 2007 and won the European Youth Chess Championship of 2008.
Joanna Dworakowska is a Polish chess player. She won the Polish women's championship three times – 1997, 1998, 2001, and holds the FIDE ranks of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. She was a member of the Polish women team who won the bronze medal in the 2002 Chess Olympiad at Bled, the gold medal at the 2005 European Team Championship in Gothenburg and a silver medal at the 2007 European Team Championship in Heraklion.
Karina Cyfka is a Polish chess player. FIDE awarded her the titles Woman Grandmaster in January 2010 and International Master in September 2016.
Alina Anatolyevna Kashlinskaya is a Russian-born Polish chess player. She holds the titles International Master and Woman Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded her in 2014 and 2009, respectively. Kashlinskaya is the 2019 European Women's Individual Chess Champion.
Marta Michna is a Polish-born chess player who won the Polish Women's Chess Championship in 2003. FIDE Woman Grandmaster (1999). In 2007, she began representing Germany.
Dinara Saduakassova is a Kazakh chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Yuliia Vladyslavivna Osmak is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster and International master. Women's Chess Olympiad winner (2022).
Gunay Vugar qizi Mammadzada is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) through the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She has been an under-10 girls' World Youth Champion, and both an under-8 and an under-14 girls' European Youth Champion. Mammadzada is a two-time Azerbaijani women's national champion, which she achieved in 2017 and 2019. She has represented Azerbaijan at the Chess Olympiad, the World Team Chess Championship, and the European Team Chess Championship, winning both team and individual bronze medals at the latter in 2019. Mammadzada has a peak FIDE rating of 2483 and has been ranked as high as No. 18 in the world among women.
Petra Krupková is a Czech chess player who received the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2000. She won the Czech Women's Chess Championship in 1993.
Anastasia Avramidou is a Greek chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master.
Natalia Zdebskaya is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster.
Olga Sikorová, née Černá, is a Czech chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She is a six-time winner of the Czech Women's Chess Championship and two-times individual bronze medalist of the European Women's Team Chess Championships.
Kateřina Čedíková is a Czech chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She is a two-time winner of the Czech Women's Chess Championship.
Nərgiz Məmmədağa qızı Umudova is an Azerbaijani chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.
Michal Lahav is an Israeli chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master. She was an Israeli Women's Chess Championship winner in 2016.
Anna M. Sargsyan is an Armenian chess player. She received the FIDE title of International Master (IM) in 2021 and is a European Women's Team Chess Championship individual gold medal winner (2019).
Miranda Mikadze is a Georgian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.