Valeriya Gansvind
Valeriya Gansvind is an Estonian chess Woman FIDE Master.Biography
Valeriya Gansvind learned to play chess at age eleven. In 1983 she graduated from Moscow boarding sports school. In chess competitions Valeriya played for Estonia because her mother is from Tartu.
In Estonian Women's Chess Championship Valeriya Gansvind has won 2 gold and 2 silver medals.
Valeriya Gansvind played for Estonia in Chess Olympiads:
Worked as a chess coach. Lives in Moscow and Canada, taking part in there a chess tournaments.
Valeriya's son Andrey Kalinichev is FIDE master and has won Estonian Chess Championship silver medal in 2005.
