Kateryna Oleksandrivna Dolzhykova (Ukrainian: Катери́на Олекса́ндрівна До́лжикова; born September 25, 1988, in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian chess player (representing Germany since 2023) holding the title Woman International Master (WIM).[1]

Kateryna Dolzhykova
Kateryna Dolzhykova, 2015
CountryUkraine (until 2023)
Germany (since 2023)
Born (1988-09-25) September 25, 1988 (age 36)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2024)
Peak rating2351 (October 2008)

Chess career

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She won the Ukrainian women's championship in 2011.[2][3] Dolzhykova played on the silver medal–winning Ukrainian team in the women's team event of rapid chess at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games.[4]

On July 24, 2009, she married chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin.[5][6][7] The marriage later broke up.[8] Her sister Olga Dolzhykova is also a chess player, who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Первая видео-конференция в Интернете под эгидой Киевской школы гроссмейстеров". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ "Екатерина Должикова: Сергей Карякин первым поздравил меня с успехом". euro.com.ua (in Russian). 2011-11-06. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  3. ^ "Mariya Muzychuk is 2012 Ukrainian Women Champion". Chessdom. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  4. ^ "1st World Mind Sport Games - Final Women Team Rapid". www.chess-results.com. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  5. ^ "Sergey Karjakin and Kateryna Dolzhykova get married". Chessdom. 2009-07-26. Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  6. ^ "Сергей Карякин (шахматист) - биография, информация, личная жизнь, фото, видео". Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  7. ^ "Sergey and Kateryna tie the knot". ChessBase. 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  8. ^ "Семейные тайны гроссмейстера Сергея Карякина".
  9. ^ Johnsen, Sylvia (21 January 2019). "Profil: Olga Dolzhykova". sjakkselskapet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Dolzhikova, Olga". FIDE. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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