| Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya | |
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Elena Donaldson at the 2003 U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle, Washington |
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| Full name | Елена Ахмыловская |
| Country | United States |
| Born | March 11, 1957 Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2375 (March 2010) |
Elena Donaldson Akhmilovskaya (born 11 March 1957 in St. Petersburg) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She has been one of the strongest woman players in the world. She won the Woman's Candidates tournament and in 1986 played a match against Maia Chiburdanidze in Sofia for the Woman's World Chess Championship, but lost by 8½–5½.
Although an ethnic Russian, she lived in Tbilisi, Georgia until 1988 when she abruptly eloped to the United States by marrying U.S. Team Captain John Donaldson at the World Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Elena has lived in Seattle with her new husband, Georgi Orlov (himself an International Master), and their son since 1990. She also has a daughter from a previous marriage who also lives in Seattle. She won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1990 and 1994 and tied for the championship in 1993. She now lives in Seattle, Washington.
On the January 2009 FIDE list her Elo rating is 2375. Her peak rating was 2430 in 1990.
In 2010 she was awarded the title of FIDE Instructor.
| Preceded by Alexey Root |
U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1990 |
Succeeded by Esther Epstein and Irina Levitina |
| Preceded by Irina Levitina |
U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1993 (with Irina Levitina) and 1994 |
Succeeded by Anjelina Belakovskaia and Sharon Burtman |