Olga Dolzhykova

Norwegian-Ukrainian chess player

Olga Dolzhykova

Country	Ukraine (until 2012) Norway (since 2012)
Born	(1979年01月22日) 22 January 1979 (age 46) Ukraine, Soviet Union
Title	Woman Grandmaster (2002)
Peak rating	2342 (January 2001)

Olga Dolzhykova (Olga Dolzhikova; Olga Dolzjikova; born 22 January 1979) is a Ukrainian-Norwegian chess player and educator.

Career

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Dolzhykova holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2002).^[1]^[2] She plays chess for the club Oslo Schakselskap [no], and has represented Norway internationally at the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship.^[3]

She was the joint winner of the Ukrainian Independence cup - A in 2008.^[4]

She has a doctorate in chess pedagogy and has been assigned with Norges Toppidrettsgymnas [no], working with chess education for children and young adults.^[3]

Personal life

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Dolzhikova was born in Ukraine. She is a sister of Kateryna Dolzhykova and thus a former sister-in-law of Sergey Karjakin. She moved to Norway in 2012 as a student, and has settled in Norway with her husband and son.^[5]

References

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^ "Dolzhikova, Olga". FIDE. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ Bryhn, Rolf; Stanford, Sheila. "sjakk – Norske stormestere" [chess - Norwegian grandmasters]. In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2022. Olga Dolzjikova 2002
^ ^a ^b Stanford, Sheila. "Olga Dolzjikova". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Cup Independence - A (open) October 2008 Ukraine FIDE Chess Tournament report". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
^ Johnsen, Sylvia (21 January 2019). "Profil: Olga Dolzhykova". sjakkselskapet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 December 2022.