Anna Muzychuk
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| Full name | Anna Olegivna Muzychuk |
| Country |
Ukraine Slovenia (2004 – 2014) |
| Born |
February 28, 1990 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title |
Grandmaster Woman Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating |
2558 (February 2017) (No. 5 ranked woman in the March 2016 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2606 (July 2012) |
| Peak ranking | No. 2 ranked woman (August 2012) |
Anna Olegivna Muzychuk (Ukrainian: Ганна Олегівна Музичук; Slovene: Ana Muzičuk; born February 28, 1990 in Lviv) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster. From 2004 to 2014 she played for Slovenia. She is the fourth woman, after Judit Polgar, Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan, to cross the 2600 Elo rating mark, having achieved a rating of 2606 in July 2012.
Muzychuk has won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship (in 2016) and the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship twice (in 2014 and 2016).
Muzychuk was taught to play chess at the age of two by her parents, both professional chess coaches. She played her first tournament at five and in the same year she placed second in the under-10 girls championship of Lviv Oblast.
From 1997 to 2005 she won several medals at Ukrainian, European and World Youth Championships. She won gold in the European Under-10 girls championship in 1998 and 2000, Ukrainian under-10 girls championship in 2000, Ukrainian and European under-12 girls championships of 2002, European Under-14 girls championship in 2003 and 2004, World U16 girls championship in 2005. She took silver at the European Under-10 girls championship in 1997 and 1999, European Under-12 girls championship in 2001, World Under-12 girls championship in 2002 and World U14 girls championship in 2004. She was the bronze medalist in the World Under-10 Girls Championship in 2000.
She was awarded the titles of Woman FIDE Master in 2001 and Woman International Master in 2002.
In 2003, Muzychuk also won the Ukrainian Women's Championship. She won the Ukrainian U20 girls championship of 2004.
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