Anna Akhsharumova
| Anna Akhsharumova | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | January 9, 1957 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1990) |
| Peak rating | 2400 (July 1988) |
Anna Akhsharumova (Russian: Анна Марковна Ахшарумова; born 9 January 1957, Moscow) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess.
Chess career
[edit]She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1976 and 1984, and won the 1987 U.S. Women's Chess Championship with a perfect score.
She played for the U.S. in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1988, 1990 and 1996.[1]
Her best Elo rating was 2400 in 1989.
Personal life
[edit]She is married to chess grandmaster Boris Gulko. Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986. Shortly after she cut down on her chess tournament appearances to focus on her IT job.
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's Chess Olympiads: Anna Akhsharumova". Olimpbase.org. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
External links
[edit]- Anna Akhsharumova rating card at FIDE
- Anna Akhsharumova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Anna M Akhsharumova chess games at 365Chess.com
- U.S. Women's Chess Champions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-06-13)
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- 1957 births
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- Chess Woman Grandmasters
- Russian female chess players
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