Alexandra Jurjewna Goryachkina
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| Alexandra Gorjatschkina (2018) |
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| Surname | Alexandra Jurjewna Goryachkina |
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 Russia
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| Born | September 28, 1998 Orsk |
| title | International Master of Women (2011) Grand Master of Women (2012) Grand Master (2018) |
| Current Elo rating | 2582 (August 2020) |
| Best Elo rating | 2582 (April 2020) |
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Alexandra Jurjewna Gorjatschkina ( Russian Александра Юрьевна Горячкина , English spelling used by FIDE : Aleksandra Goryachkina ; born September 28, 1998 in Orsk , Orenburg Oblast ) is a Russian chess player . She has been vice world champion since January 2020 .
Life
Alexandra Gorjatschkina already distinguished herself as an excellent chess player as a girl and youth player. In 2013 and 2014 she was junior world champion (junior girls U20). Before that she was in 2010 in the age group U12 female, 2011 in the age group U14 female and 2012 in the age group U18 female European Youth Champion .
In 2012 Gorjatschkina became youth world champion in the age group U18 female. In 2011 (age group U14 female) and 2008 (age group U10 female) she was also the youth world champion. In 2009 she was third in the U12 female age group at the World Youth Championships.
Goryachkina won the Russian national women's championship in 2015 and 2017 .
In 2012 she became the women's grandmaster and 2018 grandmaster .
With Russia, Goryachkina took part in the respective women's competitions of the Chess Olympiads in 2016 and 2018, the World Team Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and the European Team Championships in 2013, 2015 and 2017. With the team, she won the 2017 World Team Championships as well as the 2015 and 2017 European Team Championships and came second in the 2015 and 2019 Team World Championships and the 2013 European Team Championships. In the individual standings, Gorjatschkina achieved the best individual result on the fourth board at the 2015 European Team and 2019 World Championships; At the 2015 World Team, she achieved the second best result on the fourth board, and the third best result on the second board at the 2018 Olympics.
In 2015 and 2017 she took part in the women's world chess championship .
By winning the women's candidates' tournament in June 2019, she qualified as a challenger to world champion Ju Wenjun . In this competition she had to admit defeat 1½: 2½ in the tie-break (four rapid chess games) on January 24, 2020 .
Game example
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In the following game, Goryachkina defeated last year's challenger Yekaterina Lagno with the white pieces at the women's candidates' tournament in Kazan in an interesting tower light piece final .
- Goryachkina 1-0 Lagno
- Kazan, June 2, 2019
- Grünfeld-Indian Defense , D85
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5 + Nc6 9. 0–0 0–0 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. Rb4 e5 16. dxe5 De6 17. Qb3 Bxf3 18. Qxe6 Rxe6 19. gxf3 Rxe5 20. Rc4 Rg5 + 21. Kh1 Bf8 22nd Rfc1 Rxc5 23rd Rxc5 Lxc5 24th .xc5 25.Kg2 Kf8 26.f4 Ke7 27.Kf3 Kd6 28.Ra5 Rc7 29th Ke3 Rb7 30. h4 Kc7 31.Ra6 Kd6 32.Kd4 Rb4 + 33.Kd3 Rb7 34.Kc4 Rb2 35. f3 Rf2 36.Rxa7 Rxf3 37. Rxf7 Ke6 38.Rxh7 Rxf4 39. Kd4 c5 + 40. Ke3 Rg4 41. a4 Ke5 42. Kd3 Rg1 43. a5 Ra1 44.Ra7 Ra4 45. a6 c4 + 46.Kc3 Kxe4 47.Ra8 Kf5 48. a7 Kg4 49.h5 gxh5 50. Rg8 + Kf3 51. a8 = D + Txa8 52. Rxa8 h4 53.Rh8 Kg3 54. Kd2 h3? (the critical move was 54.… c3 +! and holds a draw ) 55. Ke3 h2 56. Rg8 + Kh3 57. Kf2 h1 = N + 58. Kf3 Kh2 59. Rh8 + Kg1 60. Rc8 Nf2 61. Rxc4 Nd3 62. Ke3 Ne5 63. Re4 Nc6 64. Re6 Nb4 65. Ke2 Nd5 66. Rg6 + Kh2 67. Kf3 Nc3 68. Rh6 + Kg1 69. Rc6 Nb5 70. Rc4 Nd6 71. Rc5 Kh2 72. Kf4 Kg2 73. Rc2 + Kh3 74. Rc6 Nb5 75. Ke5 Kg2 76. Rc2 + Kf1 77. Rc5 Sa3 78. Rc3 Nb5 79. Rb3 Nc7 80. Rb7 1: 0
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Web links
- Replayable chess games by Alexandra Jurjewna Gorjatschkina on chessgames.com (English)
- Goryachkina, Aleksandra on the side of the Russian Chess Federation
- Aleksandra Goryachkina , 365chess.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Из Сибири с "золотом" , ruchess.ru , August 20, 2015 (Russian)
- ↑ 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women team line-up with individual results - Women Russia. In: chess-results.com. September 14, 2016, accessed June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women team line-up with individual results - Women Russia. In: chess-results.com. October 5, 2018, accessed June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ OlimpBase :: World Women's Team Chess Championship :: Alexandra Goriachkina. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ FIDE Women's World Team Championship 2019 Team line-up with individual results. March 14, 2019, accessed June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ OlimpBase :: European Women's Team Chess Championship :: Alexandra Goriachkina. In: OlimpBase. Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women Board Prizes (final score after 11 rounds) - Women. In: chess-results.com. October 5, 2018, accessed June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Александра Горячкина досрочно выиграла турнир претенденток , ruchess.ru , June 14, 2019 (Russian).
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
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| SURNAME | Gorjatschkina, Alexandra Jurjewna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Горячкина, Александра Юрьевна (Russian); Goryachkina, Aleksandra (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian chess grandmaster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1998 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orsk , Orenburg Oblast , Russia |