Tatiana Stepovaya

Tatiana Stepovaya (Russian: Татьяна Юрьевна Степовая; born 23 September 1965 in Krasnodar, also Tatiana Stepovaya-Dianchenko) is a Russian chess player who holds the title of the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Tatiana Stepovaya
Country Soviet Union
 Russia
Born (1965-09-23) 23 September 1965
Krasnodar, Russia
TitleWoman Grandmaster (WGM) (1992)

Chess career

Stepovaya was Russian Women's Champion in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Many international chess tournament winner: divided the first place with Alisa Galliamova in Rostov-on-Don (1995), won in Tallinn (2002) and won Elisaveta Bykova Memorial in Vladimir (2006). In 2000 in Batumi Stepovaya reached inaugural European Individual Women Chess Championship semi-final, where lost to Natalia Zhukova, and together with the Women's World Chess ex-Champion Maia Chiburdanidze divided 3rd-4th place. In 2001 Stepovaya with Yugoslavian chess club Agrouniverzal Zemun won the European Chess Club Cup for women.[1]

Stepovaya has played for Russia in three Chess Olympiads (1992, 1998-2000). She won team silver (1998) and bronze (2000) medals, and individual gold and silver (both 1998) medals.[2]

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References
  1. OlimpBase :: 6th European Chess Club Cup (women), Belgrade 2001, Agrouniverzal Zemun
  2. OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Tatiana Stepovaya-Dianchenko
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