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A.K.A. | Galina Strutinskaya | |
A.K.A. | Galina Strutinskaya | |
is | Chess player | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 1 July 1957 | |
Age | 67 years | |
Star sign | Cancer |
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Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya (Russian: Галина Николаевна Струтинская; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian chess player, coach and International Arbiter. She heads the women's section of the Russian Chess Federation. Strutinskaya won the Women's World Senior Chess Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+). The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She also won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in the 50+ category in 2016.
Strutinskaya played for Russia's second team in the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1994.