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Irina Krush
  • Date of Birth:
    December 24, 1983
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Capricorn
  • Place of Birth:
    Odessa, Ukraine
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    American

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Irina Krush

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    Irina Krush

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      Irina Krush
      • Played on the U.S. team in the 38th Chess Olympiad.
      • Currently plays for the New York Knights in the U.S. Chess League, and both she and her husband Canadian Grandmaster Pascal Charbonneau have played in the United Kingdom league for Guildford-ADC.
      • On the October 2008 FIDE rating list for women, has a FIDE rating of 2452, 34th best among active female players.
      • Holds the title of International Master (IM), a Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and has one of three tournament results (norms) necessary to qualify for the International Grandmaster (GM) title.
      • At age 14 , won the 1998 US Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. Women's Champion ever.
      • Learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to Brooklyn that same year (1989).
      • Is an American chess player and won U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998 and 2007.

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