Natalja Schukowa (chess player)

Natalia Schukova, 2010
Association	Ukraine
Born	June 5, 1979 Dresden
title	International Master of Women (1993) Grand Master of Women (1996) Grand Master (2010)
Current  Elo rating	2328 (March 2020)
Best Elo rating	2499 (May to September 2010)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Natalja Olexandriwna Schukova ( Ukrainian Наталя Олександрівна Жукова ; born June 5, 1979 in Dresden ), spelling at the World Chess Federation FIDE Natalia Zhukova , is a Ukrainian chess player who bears the title of grandmaster .

Life

Natalja Schukowa was born in Dresden because her father was stationed there with the Soviet Army . When she was a few months old, the family returned to Odessa . She learned to play chess in school at the age of seven. She was married to the grandmaster Alexander Grishchuk and has a daughter with him (* 2007).

In the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2019 , she was in fourth place on the list of the “Movement of New Forces” ( Движение новых сил ) by Mikheil Saakashvili .

Chess successes

Single successes

In 1993 she became European Girls' Champion U14 in Szombathely , and in 1994 she became European Youth Champion U16 in Romanian Băile Herculane . In the same year she won the U16 World Youth Championship in Szeged . In 1996 she was the youngest participant, level on points behind the winner Tatiana Melamed, second in the Ukrainian women's individual championship in Chernihiv . In 1998 she won tournaments in Belgrade and Groningen , and in 1999 the EU women's championship in Nova Gorica . At the first women's European championship , which took place in Batumi from May to June 2000 , she defeated Yekaterina Kovalevskaya in the final with 2.5: 1.5 and thus became the first female European chess champion. In 2003 she won the women's tournament of the North Ural Cup in Krasnoturyinsk . At the world championship in blitz chess in 2012 in Batumi, she was second behind Waltenina Gunina . Natalja Schukowa was able to win the European Championship again in 2015 in Chakwi , Georgia . For this she was awarded the Order of Princess Olga II Class by the Ukrainian state in January 2016 . The Order III. She had already received class beforehand. In 2019 she won the Ukrainian women's individual championship for the first time in Lutsk , tied ahead of Julija Osmak .

National team

Ukraine ( Jekaterina Lagno , Marija Musytschuk , Natalja Schukowa and Anna Uschenina ) - China, Chess Olympiad 2012 in Istanbul (round 3).

Since 1996 , she has participated in all ten Chess Olympiads with the Ukrainian women's national team. In 2006 in Turin , the Ukrainian team won the Chess Olympiad with her, with Natalja Schukowa receiving an additional gold medal for her Elo performance of 2647. At the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden , the Ukraine took second place, with Natalja Schukowa also receiving an individual silver medal for her result of 7 out of 10 on the second board. In 2012 and 2014 she reached third place with the team, in 2014 Schukowa also won the individual ranking on the fourth board. Schukova also took part in the women's team championships in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. In 2013 she won with Ukraine and achieved the best individual result on the fourth board, in 2009 she reached third place with the team.

Since 1999, Zhukova has in all nine team European Championships attended the women. In 2003 in Plovdiv she got an individual silver medal for her result of 6 out of 8 on the first board and a bronze medal for her Elo performance of 2554. In 2009 in Novi Sad she reached third place with the team, in 2013 in Warsaw she won with Ukraine . In 2015 Schukowa reached second place both with the team and in the individual ranking on the third board.

Club chess

She played club chess in the Ukraine for the Rudenko School Kherson , with which she won the Women's European Club Cup in Nova Gorica in 1999 , where she also got a gold medal for her score of 5.5 out of 7 on the top board. In 1998 she won the competition with the Romanian team AEM-Luxten Timişoara . The team took second place, they got a bronze medal for their result of 4.5 out of 7 on the first board. A year later in Antalya she was awarded a gold medal for her result of 4.5 out of 6, again on the top board of Timişoara. At the Club Cup 2005 in Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley) she took part with the Russian club AVS Krasnoturinsk , at the Club Cup 2008 in Kallithea (Chalkidiki) for Finek Saint Petersburg . She won the Russian women's team championship in 2005 with AWS Krasnoturjinsk , in 2008 with FINEC Saint Petersburg and in 2012 with Ladja Kazan ; she also played in the competition for the team from the Moscow company Giprorechtrans . She played in the 1st women's league of Serbia and Montenegro for the Montenegrin club SK T-Com Podgorica , now in the Montenegrin women's league after the independence of Montenegro. In the German women's Bundesliga she played in the 2001/02 season for SK Holsterhausen . In the People's Republic of China she played for the Shandong Qilu Evening News .

Title and rating

In 1993 she received the title of International Women's Champion (WIM). She has held the title of Women's Grand Master (WGM) since 1996 . In 2007 Zhukova was named Grand Master (GM) on condition that she achieved an Elo rating of at least 2500. She had met the required standards at the Corus chess tournament C 2005 in Wijk aan Zee and the 2006 Women's Chess Olympiad in Turin. She fulfilled this Elo condition in May 2010. Although the published Elo number was only 2499, before the last round of the Russian Women's Team Championship in 2010, the Elo number was over 2500. In February 2015, she was 25th in FIDE -World ranking of women.

Game example

Anna Musytschuk - Natalja Schukowa

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

End position after 35 ... d3

In the following game Schukowa won with the black pieces at the European Women's Championship in Varna 2002 against Musychuk.

Anna Musytschuk - Natalja Schukowa 0-1

Varna, May 27, 2002

French Defense ( MacCutcheon Variation ), C12

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5 + 14. c3 b5 15. Ne2 b4 16. Rhc1 Ba6 17. Qe3 bxc3 + 18. Nxc3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rb8 20. Ke3 0–0 21. Tab1 Rfc8 22. Rb5 Rxb5 23. Nxb5 Kg7 24. Qb1 Qb6 25. Rc5 Nxd4 26.Rxc8 Nxb5 + 27. Kd2 Qxf2 + 28. Kc1 De3 + 29. Kb2 Qxe5 + 30. Kc1 De3 + 31. Kb2 Nd6 32. Qc2 Nxc8 33. Qxc8 d4 34. Qb8 Qc3 + 35. Kb1 d3 0: 1

Web links

Commons : Natalja Schukowa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Replayable chess games by Natalja Schukowa on 365Chess.com (English)
• Questionnaire on chesspage.kiev.ua (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Украинская шахматистка Жукова идет на парламентские выборы от партии "Движение новых сил" . Article of June 13, 2019 on the sports page of 24tv.ua (Ukrainian)
2. ↑ Decree of the President No. 18/2016 (Ukrainian)
3. ↑ Shtembuliak and Zhukova win the 2019 Ukrainian championships . Article by Mychajlo Holubjew from December 23, 2019 at ChessBase
4. ↑ Natalja Zhukova's results at the women's chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Natalja Zhukova's results at the Women's Team World Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
6. ↑ Natalja Zhukova's results at the European Women's Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
7. ↑ Natalja Schukowa's results at the European Women's Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
8. ↑ Awarding of titles at the 3rd quarter FIDE Presidential Board 2007 at FIDE (English)
9. ↑ GM application to FIDE (English)
10. ↑ Natalja Schukowas Elo evaluation May 2010 at FIDE (English)
11. ↑ The game Anna Musytschuk - Natalja Schukowa from the European Women's Individual Championship 2002 for replay on chessgames.com (English)