Elizaveta "Liza" Hikmativna Malakhova (Ukrainian: Ліза Хікматівна Малахова; born 13 March 1993), née Soloviova (Ukrainian: Соловйова), is a Ukrainian chess player who holds the title of Woman grandmaster (WGM, 2010).

Liza Malakhova
Malakhova in 2015
Full nameElizaveta Hikmativna Malakhova
Country Ukraine
Born (1993-03-13) 13 March 1993 (age 31)
Lviv, Ukraine
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2010)
FIDE rating2281 (January 2018)
Peak rating2337 (May 2017)

Chess career

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Multiple medal winner in Ukrainian girls' championships in the different age categories: two gold (U12 -2005, U14 - 2007) and three silver (U10 - 2003, U14 - 2006, U18 - 2008). In 2007, she won silver medal in European Youth Chess Championship in the age category U14. In 2014 she won third prize in Moscow chess festival Moscow Open student tournament. In 2016 in Rivne she won Ukrainian women's chess championship.[1]

In 2009, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title year later.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ukrainian Chess Championship 2016". ChessManager.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  2. ^ "FIDE Title Applications - 2nd quarter Presidential Board 2010 - Woman Grandmaster (WGM) - Soloviova, Liza". ratings.FIDE.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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