Elena Tairova
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Elena Tairova was a Belaussian and Russian
chess player
, Woman Grandmaster
and International Master
.
titles, and was the Russian women’s under-20 champion. That same year, she was runner-up in the Russian women’s superfinal.
In 2007, she participated in the Russia vs China
match and tied for first at the Russian Superfinal 2007, beating Nadezhda Kosintseva
, among others.
On March 16, 2010, Elena died from this chronic undisclosed illness at the age of 18.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
chess player
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
FIDE titles
The World Chess Federation, FIDE , awards several performance-based titles to chess players. Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms . Once awarded, FIDE titles are held for life...
and International Master
FIDE titles
The World Chess Federation, FIDE , awards several performance-based titles to chess players. Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and norms . Once awarded, FIDE titles are held for life...
.
Chess career
In 2006, at the age of fourteen, Elena became a WGM, and a full IM. She won a succession of European and World girls’ juniorWorld Youth Chess Championship
The World Youth Chess Championship is a chess competition for girls and boys under the age of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18.The first predecessor of the youth championship was the Cadet Championship. It started off unofficially in 1974 in France for players under 18. The 1975 and 1976 editions were also...
titles, and was the Russian women’s under-20 champion. That same year, she was runner-up in the Russian women’s superfinal.
In 2007, she participated in the Russia vs China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
match and tied for first at the Russian Superfinal 2007, beating Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
, among others.
Illness and death
In early 2008, Elena became ill and she missed several tournaments. She later recovered, and returned to tournament successes. However, in December 2009, she fell ill again, and was unable to take her place in the latest Russian women’s superfinal.On March 16, 2010, Elena died from this chronic undisclosed illness at the age of 18.