Marina Romanko
Encyclopedia
Marina Romanko is a Russia
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player. She holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Romanko played in the gold medal-winning Russian Women's team in the 8th European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad 2009. She took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010
, but was eliminated in the second round by Hou Yifan
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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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 holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.
Romanko played in the gold medal-winning Russian Women's team in the 8th European Team Chess Championship in Novi Sad 2009. She took part in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010
Women's World Chess Championship 2010
The Women's World Chess Championship, 2010 took place in Hatay, Turkey from December 2 through 25.The tournament was played in a 64 player knockout type. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and one with black. The winner advanced. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day...
, but was eliminated in the second round by Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
.