Kateryna Lahno
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Kateryna Lahno | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| Full name | Kateryna Oleksandrivna Lahno Катерина Олександрівна Лагно |
|
| Country |  Ukraine |
|
| Born | December 27, 1989 Lviv, Soviet Union |
|
| Title | Grandmaster, Woman Grandmaster | |
| FIDE rating | 2479 (April 2008) | |
| Peak rating | 2509 (October 2005) | |
Kateryna Lahno (b. December 27, 1989) is a Ukrainian chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgar's record to become the youngest ever to earn this title. She is now a full Grandmaster (GM).[1] Born in Lviv, Lahno grew up in the industrial and chess-friendly town Kramatorsk. In 2005 she lives in Donetsk.
Lahno was the fifth seed for the 64-player knockout 2004 Women's World Chess Championship. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women's Championship, held in June in Chişinău, Moldova. Tied with Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva at the end of the 12th round with 9 points each, Lahno won both games of a two-game rapid-play tie-break playoff to win the championship.
Although Lahno, unlike Judit Polgar, competes for women's titles, both have stated that their true goal is to be simply World Champion.
She won IV Women's 'North Urals Cup - 2006', attaining for a full grandmaster norm in the process.
In May 2008, Lahno won the European Individual Women Chess Championships again in Plovdiv, 0.5 point ahead of the opponents of the 11-round open tournament.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ FIDE: List of Titles Approved, June 25, 2007
- ^ Final standings of the European Individual Women Chess Championships 2008, the Chess-Results web
