Anna Muzychuk

Who is Anna Muzychuk?

Anna Olegivna Muzychuk is a chess player of Ukrainian origin. She earned the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2001, Woman International Master in 2002, Woman Grandmaster in 2004, International Master in 2007 and Grandmaster in 2012. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she was the strongest female chess player. In 2014, she returned to the Ukrainian chess federation. Her younger sister Mariya is an International Master.

Muzychuk has played on first board for the Slovenian team since 2004. In the 36th Chess Olympiad, she defeated, among others, the former Women's World Chess Champion, Antoaneta Stefanova. In the 37th Chess Olympiad for the Slovenian women's team, seeded 17th, she finished tenth.

In 2010 she played in the Corus chess tournament Group B, finishing 10th with a score of 5½/13 and a performance of 2583.

In 2014 she won the Women's World Blitz Championship.

In 2014 in the 41st Chess Olympiad Muzychuk played for the Ukrainian team which gathered third placebehind Russia and China.