Kateryna Lahno
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Kateryna Oleksandrivna Lahno (Ukrainian
:Катерина Олександрівна Лагно}} (born December 27, 1989) is a Ukrainian
chess
player. She earned the FIDE
title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgár
's record to become the youngest ever to earn this title. She is now a full Grandmaster (GM). Born in Lviv
, Lahno grew up in the industrial and chess-friendly town Kramatorsk
. As of 2005, she lives in Donetsk
.
Lahno was the fifth seed for the 64-player knockout 2004 Women's World Chess Championship
. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women's Championship, held in June in Chişinău
, Moldova
. Tied with Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva
at the end of the 12th round with 9 points each, Lahno won both games of a two-game rapid-play
tie-break playoff to win the championship. She won IV Women's 'North Urals Cup - 2006', attaining a full grandmaster norm in the process.
In May 2008, Lahno won the European Individual Women Chess Championships again in Plovdiv
, by one-half point in the 11-round open tournament.
On February 25, 2009 she married Robert Fontaine, French chess grandmaster and TV reporter.
The same year, she became Russian Team champion with the club of Spartak, and then won the European Team championship in Ohrid.
In August 2010, Kateryna became World Woman Blitz Champion.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
:Катерина Олександрівна Лагно}} (born December 27, 1989) is a Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
chess
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...
player. She earned the FIDE
Fédération Internationale des Échecs
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. It is usually referred to as FIDE , its French acronym.FIDE...
title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. She is by far the strongest female chess player in history. In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, the youngest person ever to do so at that time.Polgár was ranked No...
's record to become the youngest ever to earn this title. She is now a full Grandmaster (GM). Born in Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Lahno grew up in the industrial and chess-friendly town Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk is a city in the eastern Ukraine within Donetsk Oblast. Its population is about 200,000 people, including surrounding settlements under Kramatorsk City Council government....
. As of 2005, she lives in Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
.
Lahno was the fifth seed for the 64-player knockout 2004 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....
. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women's Championship, held in June in Chişinău
Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
. Tied with Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Kosintseva
Nadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
at the end of the 12th round with 9 points each, Lahno won both games of a two-game rapid-play
Blitz chess
Fast chess, also known as blitz chess, lightning chess, sudden death, speed chess, bullet chess and rapid chess, is a type of chess game in which each side is given less time to make their moves than under the normal tournament time controls of 60 to 180 minutes per player.-Overview:The different...
tie-break playoff to win the championship. She won IV Women's 'North Urals Cup - 2006', attaining a full grandmaster norm in the process.
In May 2008, Lahno won the European Individual Women Chess Championships again in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...
, by one-half point in the 11-round open tournament.
On February 25, 2009 she married Robert Fontaine, French chess grandmaster and TV reporter.
The same year, she became Russian Team champion with the club of Spartak, and then won the European Team championship in Ohrid.
In August 2010, Kateryna became World Woman Blitz Champion.