Tatyana Fomina

Tatyana Fomina
Country  Soviet Union
 Estonia
Born April 26, 1954
Tallinn, Estonia
Title Woman Grandmaster

Tatyana Fomina (born April 26, 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian chess Woman Grandmaster (2014).

Chess career

Fomina started play chess in Tallin's Pioneers Palace. In 1969 and 1970 she twice won Estonian juniors chess championship. In 1971 she won USSR junior's Championship in Riga.[1]

During the period from 1971 to 1983 Fomina nine times participated in USSR Women's Chess Championships. The best result - silver medal in 1975. In 1976 she shared 8th - 9th place with Milunka Lazarević in Women's Interzonal (Roosendaal).[2] In 1985, 1988 and 1990 she won Baltic Women's Chess Championships.

Tatyana Fomina is ten times Estonian Women's Chess Championship winner (1977—78, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002—03, 2012—13). Also she had five silver (1973—74, 1988, 1997, 2007) and eight bronze (1975, 1982, 1984, 1990—91, 1993—95) Estonian Women's Chess Championship medals.[3] Fomina had 12 titles of Estonian rapid chess champion (1990, 1998—2000, 2003—05, 2007—09, 2011—12) and 8 titles of Estonian blitz chess champion (2004—09, 2011—12).

Tatyana Fomina is World Senior Chess Championship five time bronze medalist (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010). In 2012 she won the European Senior Chess Championship in Kaunas and also had silver (2007) and bronze (2006) medals in this competitions. In 2014 she won the European Senior Chess Championship in the age category 50+.

Team chess results

Fomina played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:[4]

Fomina played for Estonia in European Team Chess Championship:[5]

Personal life

Tatyana Fomina graduated from secondary school in Tallinn (1971), faculty of law in University of Tartu (1980) and faculty of foreign languages in Tallinn University (2002). She was worked as chess trainer and as legal professional.[6]

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