Elizaveta Evgenievna Solozhenkina (; born 10 September 2003) is a Russian chess player. She received the

FIDE title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 2021.

Biography

Elizaveta Solozhenkina is the daughter of GM

Evgeniy Solozhenkin Evgeniy Solozhenkin (born July 31, 1966 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian chess Grandmaster. Tournament results * 1986 : wins, at age 20, the 59th Leningrad championship * 1993 : wins the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France (416 player ...

. She is a

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chess school schoolgirl. She started playing chess from the age of five. In 2015, Elizaveta Solozhenkina won the Russian Youth Chess Championship in the U13 girls age group. Solozhenkina repeatedly represented Russia at the

European Youth Chess Championship The European Youth Chess Championship is organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) in groups under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 years old. History The first tournament was held in 1991, and the under 8 category was introduced in 2007. Until 2002 t ...

s and

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s in different age groups, where she won five medals: gold (in 2015, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group), three silver (in 2012 and 2013, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group, and in 2014, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group) and bronze (in 2017, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group). In 2016, she was awarded the FIDE

Woman International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(WIM) title.

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