Olga Stjazhkina


Olga Stjazhkina, née Florov, is a Russian Woman Grandmaster.

Biography

Olga Stjazhkina is Saint Petersburg chess school graduate. She five times won Saint Petersburg City Women's Chess Championship. Olga Stjazhkina twice won Russian Women's Team Chess Championships.
In 2000, Olga Stjazhkina participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Wang Lei.
In 1994, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Grandmaster title. In 2015, she became to FIDE arbitr.
Her daughter Anna also is chess master, winner of World Youth Chess Championships and European Youth Chess Championships.