Goryachkina, Aleksandra (28.09.1999)

Russian chess Grandmaster (2018) is born in Orsk, Russia. Women Grandmaster (2012).

Russian Women’s Champion (2015, 2017). World Girls Champion – Under-20 (2013, 2014).

Best results: World Youth Chess Championships 2008 – Girls U10, 1st; World Youth Chess Championships 2009 – Girls U12, 2nd; European Youth Chess Championships 2009 – Girls U12, 3rd; European Youth Chess Championships 2010 – Girls U12, 1st; World Youth Chess Championships 2011 – Girls U14, 1st; European Youth Chess Championships 2011 – Girls U14, 1st; Lyudmila Rudenko Memorial 2011 in Saint Petersburg, 1st; World Youth Chess Championships 2012 – Girls U18, 1st; European Under-18 Girls Team Championship 2012, team 1st; European Youth Chess Championships 2012 – Girls U18, 1st; Russian Junior Girls Championship 2012, 3rd; Russian U19 Championship 2013 – open section, 2nd; World Junior Girls Chess Championship 2013 and 2014, 1st; Women’s European Team Chess Championship 2013, team 2nd; Chess Olympiads 2014 – U16 in Győram 2nd; , tMoscow Open 2015 – women section, 2nd; Women’s World Chess Championship 2015, 2nd round; Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal 2015 in Chita, 1st; Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015, team 2nd and individual gold; Women’s European Team Championship 2015 in Reykjavík, team 1st and individual gold; European Individual Women’s Championship 2017 in Riga, 2nd; Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal 2017, 1st; FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2019, 1st (qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championship 2019 match against Ju Wenjun);

Peak rating: 2564 in July 2019