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Valeriya Gansvind
Valeriya Gansvind
Full name	Valeriya I. Gansvind
Country	Soviet Union; Estonia
Born	22 November 1965 (age 59); Moscow Oblast, Russia
Title	Woman FIDE Master
FIDE rating	2086 (February 2020)
Peak rating	2314 (October 2002)

Valeriya I. Gansvind (also spelled Valeria, born 22 November 1965 in Moscow Oblast) is an Estonian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM).

Biography

Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated from Moscow boarding sports school. In chess competitions she played for Estonia because her mother is from Tartu.^[1] In the Estonian Women's Chess Championship, Gansvind has won 2 gold (2006, 2009) and 2 silver medals (2005, 2008).^[2]^[3]

She played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:^[4]

In 2006, at third board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+3 −3 =5);
In 2008, at second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+6 −1 =4);
In 2010, at second board in the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk (+3 −4 =4).

Gansvind worked as a chess coach. She lives in Moscow and Canada, taking part in there a chess tournaments.^[5] Her ex-husband is chess grandmaster Sergey Kalinitschew. Valeriya's son Andrey Kalinichev is FIDE Master (FM) and has won Estonian Chess Championship silver medal in 2005.^[6]

References

^ "GANSVIND, VALERIA". ESBL.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ "EST-ch_(Women)_2006". 365Chess.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ "Estonian Chess Championship". Maletaht.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Valeria Gansvind". OlimpBase.org. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ "Victoria Chess Festival 2009". VictoriaChessClub.pbworks.com. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
^ "FIDE Chess Profile: Kalinichev, Andrey". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.