Masha Klinova


Masha Klinova, née Jarmolinskaya, is an Israeli Woman Grandmaster. She is two-times winner of Israeli Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

Masha Klinova was born in Soviet Union, but since 1992 moved to Israel. She twice won Israeli Women's Chess Championships: in 1992 and in 2010. Also she twice won Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments: in 1993, in Zagreb and in 1998, in Dresden. In 2000, Masha Klinova participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Qin Kanying.
Masha Klinova is winner of many international chess tournaments, including the shared first place with Ilze Rubene in 1999, in Stockholm Scandics Hotels tournament, shared the first place in 2001, in Odessa, won in Simferopol, in 2003, won in Sevastopol, in 2005, but in 2008 won the second place in the tournament in Kherson.
Masha Klinova played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
Masha Klinova played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championships:
In 1996, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Grandmaster title. In 2002, she was awarded the FIDE International Master title. In 2014, she became to FIDE arbitr.