Svitlana Demchenko

Svitlana Demchenko
Country	Canada
Born	(2003-10-04) October 4, 2003 (age 21)
Title	Woman International Master (2019)
FIDE   rating	2116 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2285 (September 2021)

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 the title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2019. ^[1] Svitlana Demchenko is the 2023 Canadian Women's Closed Champion. ^[2]

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]
• In 2024 Budapest Chess Olympiad on the fourth board, scoring 3½/8 (+2, =3, -3). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Launching in 2021, “Svitlana’s Smart Moves” is an educational show on ChessBase, hosted by Svitlana Demchenko and Arne Kaehler. ^{[11] [12]} Svitlana has also authored several training courses for ChessBase on openings and strategy. ^[13]

She is an active chess streamer on Twitch under the name "SvetaStream". ^[14]

References

1. Kaehler, Arne (23 April 2021). "Rapid Interview - Svitlana Demchenko". ChessBase. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
2. ChessResults. "2023 Canadian Woman Closed Championship". ChessResults, 2023.
3. ChessBase Biographies. "ChessBase Authors". ChessBase, 2024.
4. Cecil Rosner (18 February 2022) (18 February 2022). "Medical studies come first, but Ottawa university student also excels at teaching chess". Globe and Mail, 2022.
5. CBC Kids News (22 July 2019). "Practise often, don't give up: Lessons from a teenage chess champion". CBC Kids News, 2019.
6. ChessBase Biographies. "ChessBase Authors". ChessBase, 2024.
7. "43nd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women". Chess Results. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
8. "44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women: Team composition for federation Canada - Women". Chess Results.
9. "45th Olympiad Budapest 2024 : Team composition for federation Canada - Women". Chess Results.
10. McGourty, Colin (15 July 2021). "FIDE World Cup 1.3: 14-year-old Volodar Murzin in upset win". chess24. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
11. "Episode 1 - Svitlana's Smart Moves". ChessBase. 28 April 2021.
12. "Playlist by ChessBase: Svitlana's Smart Moves". ChessBase Youtube Channel.
13. "ChessBase Authors - Svitlana Demchenko". ChessBase Shop.
14. Twitch Channels. "SvetaStream". Twitch, 2024.