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Aleksandra Goryachkina

1998 - Today

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Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina (Russian: Александра Юрьевна Горячкина; born 28 September 1998) is a Russian chess grandmaster (GM). She is currently the highest rated Russian woman in chess history with a peak FIDE rating of 2611. Goryachkina was the challenger in the 2020 Women's World Championship match, which she lost in rapid tiebreaks to Ju Wenjun. She is also a three-time Russian Women's Chess Champion, which she achieved in 2015, 2017, and 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandra Goryachkina is the 349th most popular chess player (up from 352nd in 2019), the 3,156th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,238th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Aleksandra Goryachkina ranks 349 out of 461Before her are Hoang Thanh Trang, Alexander Motylev, Richárd Rapport, Elisabeth Pähtz, Vladimir Malakhov, and Daniil Dubov. After her are Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Stuart Conquest, Irisberto Herrera, Anton Korobov, Wesley So, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Aleksandra Goryachkina ranks 204Before her are Nicolás Domínguez, Emily Willis, Amadou Haidara, Supachok Sarachat, Jorge Carrascal, and Musa Barrow. After her are Juan Soto, Felix Sandman, Dylan Sprayberry, Jhon Lucumí, Arilena Ara, and Lou Jeanmonnot.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Aleksandra Goryachkina ranks 3,156 out of 3,761Before her are Dmitri Khlestov (1971), Yuri Trofimov (1984), Sergey Ryazansky (1974), Egor Mekhontsev (1984), Aniuar Geduev (1987), and Daniil Dubov (1996). After her are Victoria Lopyreva (1983), Vladimir Bystrov (1984), Irina Korzhanenko (1974), Fedor Černych (1991), Rakhim Chakhkiev (1983), and Irek Zinnurov (1969).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Aleksandra Goryachkina ranks 57Before her are Natalia Pogonina (1985), Evgeny Alekseev (1985), Evgeny Tomashevsky (1987), Alexander Motylev (1979), Vladimir Malakhov (1980), and Daniil Dubov (1996). After her are Anton Korobov (1985), Evgeniy Najer (1977), Yelena Dembo (1983), Anish Giri (1994), Dmitry Andreikin (1990), and Nikita Vitiugov (1987).