Aleksandra Goryachkina
Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina is a Russian chess grandmaster (GM). She is currently the highest rated Russian woman in chess history with a peak FIDE rating of 2611. Goryachkina was the challenger in the 2020 Women's World Championship match, which she lost in rapid tiebreaks to Ju Wenjun. She is also a three-time Russian Women's Chess Champion, which she achieved in 2015, 2017, and 2020. In August 2023, she won the Women's Chess World Cup after defeating Nurgyul Salimova in a tie break match.
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Born: Monday, September 28, 1998