Svetlana Matveeva
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Svetlana Matveeva is a chess
player from Russia
. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.
In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova
in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship
. She had a surprise result in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008
when she knocked out the defending champion, Xu Yuhua, in the second round.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player from Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.
In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko.Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.She won the Women's...
in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship
Women's Soviet Chess Championship
The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union from 1927 through 1989 to determine the women's chess national champion.-List of winners:Winners of more titles* 5 titles : Valentina Borisenko, Nona Gaprindashvili...
. She had a surprise result in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008
Women's World Chess Championship 2008
The Women's World Chess Championship 2008 consisted of a tournament for the Women's World Chess Championship which took place from August 28, 2008 to September 18 in Nalchik in Russia. It was won by Alexandra Kosteniuk, who beat Hou Yifan in the final by 2½ to 1½.-Participants:Players were seeded...
when she knocked out the defending champion, Xu Yuhua, in the second round.