Galina Strutinskaya | |
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Full name | Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya |
Country | Soviet Union → Russia |
Born | 1 July 1957[1] | (age 66)
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2011) |
Peak rating | 2361 (July 2001) |
Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya ( Russian: Галина Николаевна Струтинская; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian chess player, trainer and international arbiter. She won the Women's World Senior Chess Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+). [2] [3] [4] The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Strutinskaya also won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in the 50+ category in 2016 and 2017. [5] [6]
Strutinskaya played for Russia's second team in the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1994. [7]