Anna Muzychuk

Anna Muzychuk
Full name	Anna Muzychuk Ганна Музичук Ana Muzičuk
Country	Ukraine Slovenia
Born	February 28, 1990 (1990-02-28) (age 22) Lviv, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2583 (March 2012) (No. 4 ranked woman in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating	2583 (March 2012)

Anna Olegivna Muzychuk (Ukrainian: Анна Оле́гівна Музичук; Slovenian: Ana Muzičuk) (born February 28, 1990) is a chess player with a FIDE rating of 2580 (January 2012). She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2004, the title of International Master in 2007 and Grandmaster in 2012. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she is the strongest female chess player. She is the fourth highest rated female player in the world as of January 2012. Her younger sister Mariya is an International master.

Muzychuk has played on first board for the Slovenian team since 2004. In 36th Chess Olympiad, she has defeated, among others, the former Women's World Chess Champion grandmaster Antoaneta Stefanova. In the 37th Chess Olympiad for the Slovenian women's team, seeded 17th, she finished tenth.

In 2010 she played in the Corus chess tournament Group B, finishing 10th with a score of 5,5/13 and a performance of 2583.

Championships and tournaments

• The European Champion in 1996 (girls U8), 1998 (girls U10), 2000 (girls U10), 2002 (girls U12), 2003 (girls U14) and 2004 (girls U14).
• 2nd place in the European Championship in 1997 (girls U10), 1999 (girls U10) and 2001 (girls U12).
• The champion of Ukraine in 2000 (girls U10) and 2002 (girls U12).
• 3rd place in the World Championship in 2000 (girls U10).
• 2nd place in the World Championship in 2002 (girls U12).
• The winner of Women's Ukrainian Championship in 2003.
• The champion of Ukraine in 2004 (girls U20).
• 2nd place in the World Championship in 2004 (girls U14).
• The World Champion in 2005 (girls U16).
• 7th place in the European Individual Women Championship 2006.
• 2nd place in the International Women's Hungarian Championship 2006.
• 2nd place in the European Women's Rapid Championship in 2007.
• 1st place in the European Women's Blitz Championship in 2007.
• 1st place in Moscow Open Women's Section in 2008.
• 1st place in Scandinavian Ladies Open 2008.
• 3rd place in Scandinavian Rapid Open 2008.
• 1st place in Maia Chiburdanidze Cup 2010.
• 1st place in Girls World Chess Championships U-20 2010.^[1]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Anna Muzychuk

• Chessbase.com: An interview with Anna Muzychuk
• Interview with Anna Muzychuk
• Chessgames.com: The chess games of Anna Muzychuk
• World champion in 2005 (girls U16) - photo

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