Ekaterina Korbut
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ekaterina Korbut | |
---|---|
Ekaterina Korbut in Heraklion | |
Full name | Ekaterina Valerievna Korbut |
Country | Russia |
Born |
Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | 9 February 1985
Title | Woman Grandmaster |
Ekaterina Valerievna Korbut (born February 9 1985 in Tashkent) is a Russian chess player, a Woman Grandmaster and an international master.[1]
She won the World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) in 2004, and the Russian women's championship in 2006.
She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2006 but went out to Anna Ushenina in the first round. She qualified for the 2008 championship but did not take part.
She has played no serious chess since 2008; according to her friend Ekaterina Atalik she married and had a daughter, and is now focused on her family life.[2]
See also
- Chess portal
- Biography portal
References
- ↑ "Ekaterina Korbut". FIDE Chess Profile. FIDE. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ http://chess-news.ru/node/8350
External links
- Ekaterina Korbut player profile and games at Chessgames.com
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.