Maria Fominykh

Maria Fominykh learned to play chess at the age of seven. She is a two-time winner of Russian Youth Chess Championships: in 2001, in the U14 girls age group and in 2003, in the U16 girls age group.

From 1997 to 2004 Maria Fominykh represented Russia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won four medals: gold (in 2003, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group), silver (in 2001, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group) and two bronze (in 2002, at the World Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group, and in 2004, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U18 girls age group).

In 2006, Maria Fominykh took third place in the Russian Women's Chess Cup. In 2010, she took third place in the [Moscow] Women's Chess Championship. Maria Fominykh received prizes of many international chess tournaments, including second place in Lviv and Moscow International Women's Chess Tournaments in 2010.

In 2009, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title[1] and received the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title eight year later.[2]

Maria Fominykh is journalist by profession. She has directed several chess broadcasts on various Russian TV channels.

• Maria Fominykh player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Maria Fominykh chess games at 365Chess.com