Camilla Baginskaite
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Camilla Baginskaite is an American chess
Woman Grandmaster and chess teacher.
She learned chess from her father when she was eight years old, visiting a chess school when she was ten. When she was fifteen years old she became the youngest Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion. In 1986, she was third after Ildikó Mádl
and Svetlana Prudnikova
at the Under-20 World Junior Chess Championship
in Vilnius, her home city. She then went on to win the event the following year in Baguio. For this achievement she received the title Woman International Master (WIM). The Championship in 1987 was only her second international tournament and her first outside the Soviet Union.
In 1997 she moved to San Francisco, California
. Baginskaite studied design in Lithuania and the U.S.A. with a Master's degree in history of art. She is married to Alex Yermolinsky
. They have two sons and got to know each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996
in Yerevan
.
In the year 2000 she won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship
together with Elina Groberman. Since Baginskaite won (2-0) against Groberman in the tiebreak, she qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship
2001 in Moscow, where she reached the last sixteen. This was, at the time, the best result for a female U.S. chess player since the Championship was founded in 1927. She was defeated by Xu Yuhua in a tiebreak.
For many years, Baginskaite was a keen participant of team chess and played first board for Lithuania at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1994
and 1996
. She then switched to representing the U.S. team on first board at the Chess Olympiad 2000
and in 2002
, played second board. By 2006
, there was strong competition for places in the U.S. Olympiad team and she could only make selection for reserve board.
In comparison with other top flight chess players, she has been relatively inactive for long periods since the 1990s.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Woman Grandmaster and chess teacher.
She learned chess from her father when she was eight years old, visiting a chess school when she was ten. When she was fifteen years old she became the youngest Lithuanian Women's Chess Champion. In 1986, she was third after Ildikó Mádl
Ildiko Madl
Ildikó Mádl is a Hungarian chess player.Madl learned to play chess from her father. In 1978 she became a pupil of the chess school Mereszjev that helped to promote talented Hungarian children and teenagers....
and Svetlana Prudnikova
Svetlana Prudnikova
Svetlana Prudnikova , is a Russian woman chess player.Prudnikova has the title Woman Grandmaster. Her Elo rating in October 2006 was 2355, but has been over 2400...
at the Under-20 World Junior Chess Championship
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
in Vilnius, her home city. She then went on to win the event the following year in Baguio. For this achievement she received the title Woman International Master (WIM). The Championship in 1987 was only her second international tournament and her first outside the Soviet Union.
In 1997 she moved to San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. Baginskaite studied design in Lithuania and the U.S.A. with a Master's degree in history of art. She is married to Alex Yermolinsky
Alex Yermolinsky
Alex Yermolinsky is an American chess Grandmaster. In 1993, Yermolinsky won the U.S. Chess Championship, tying for first place with Alexander Shabalov...
. They have two sons and got to know each other at the Chess Olympiad 1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...
.
In the year 2000 she won the U.S. Women's Chess Championship
U.S. Women's Chess Championship
The U.S. Women's Chess Championship tournament is to determine the woman chess champion of the United States.-List of U.S. Women's Chess Champions:*1937 Adele Rivero*1938 Mona May Karff*1940 Adele Rivero*1941 Mona May Karff*1942 Mona May Karff...
together with Elina Groberman. Since Baginskaite won (2-0) against Groberman in the tiebreak, she qualified for the Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
2001 in Moscow, where she reached the last sixteen. This was, at the time, the best result for a female U.S. chess player since the Championship was founded in 1927. She was defeated by Xu Yuhua in a tiebreak.
For many years, Baginskaite was a keen participant of team chess and played first board for Lithuania at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1994
31st Chess Olympiad
The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia.- Chess competition :...
and 1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
. She then switched to representing the U.S. team on first board at the Chess Olympiad 2000
34th Chess Olympiad
The 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chess competition :...
and in 2002
35th Chess Olympiad
The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, . In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams...
, played second board. By 2006
37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
, there was strong competition for places in the U.S. Olympiad team and she could only make selection for reserve board.
In comparison with other top flight chess players, she has been relatively inactive for long periods since the 1990s.