Natalia Zhukova
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Zhukova in 2007
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| Full name | Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Born |
5 June 1979 Dresden, East Germany |
| Title |
Grandmaster (2010) Woman Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2447 (February 2017) |
| Peak rating | 2499 (May 2010) |
Natalia Oleksandrivna Zhukova (Ukrainian: Наталія Олександрівна Жукова; born 5 June 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and twice European women's champion. She won several age-group titles as a teenager, both at the European and world levels. She has also triumphed in several international women's tournaments. She has played for the Ukrainian women's national team since age 17 in 1996, the same year she won the Ukrainian women's championship in her debut. She played board one on the winning Ukrainian team at the 2006 Women's Chess Olympiad.
Zhukova was just 12 years old when she made her debut at the World Youth Championship level at Mamaia 1991, with a tied 3rd–4th place in the Girls' U12 group, with 7½/11. She won the European Youth Championship for Girls U14 at Szombathely 1993 with 7½/9. She won the European Championship for Girls U16 at Herculane 1994 with 7/9. She won the World Championship for Girls U16 at Szeged 1994 with 7/9. She placed 2nd in the World Championship for Girls U20 at Halle 1995 with 9/12. She debuted at the Interzonal level at Kishinev 1995, with a middle of the field result, 6½/13.
Zhukova was the youngest player in the field, just 16 years old, when she made her debut in 1996 at the Ukrainian women's level. She tied for 1st–2nd places in the championship, with 6/10. In 1995, she earned the title of Woman International Master from FIDE, the World Chess Federation, and was promoted to Woman Grandmaster in 1997.
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