Yulia Weinstein was introduced to draughts when she was four years old. When she was in the third grade, in late 1982, she started training seriously under the guidance of Mikhail Litvinenko. In 1984, Weinstein won her first meaningful title when she became the champion of Kiev among U-18 girls. During the tournament, she defeated some of the girls who were two levels higher than her in the Soviet sporting rankings. In 1988, Makarenkova became the youngest Soviet champion in Russian checkers, winning the national championships at the age of 15. In 1989, she became the champion of the Ukrainian SSR, and in 1990 won the Soviet championship for the second time. Starting from 1993, Makarenkova regularly took part in the World championships in Russian checkers, organized both by the leading international organization, FMJD, and the alternative International Association of Russian Checkers. She won the FMJD World championships three times, in 1994, 1999 and 2009, and was a medalist multiple times. In 2007 at the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts, Makarenkova won a bronze medal. In addition, she is two-time European champion in Russian checkers, also winning medals in 2004 and 2006. In addition, she won the world championship in rapid draughts and blitz in 2003. During the period of national independence, starting 1992, Yulia Makarenkova won the Ukrainian national championships in Russian checkers seven times and became six-time silver medalist and two-times bronze medalist.
4 +2=5-0 in Swiss tournament, lost in semifinal to Elena Miskova, in a 3rd place barrage drew against Yuliya Romanskaya and lost the bronze medal based on ranking
5 +3=3-1 in Swiss tournament, lost in semifinal to Yulia Kuzina and in the 3rd place barrage to Daria Fedorovich
6 +2=5-0 in Swiss tournament, +4-3=0 in the final round robin
International draughts
Although small board draughts remain the primary specialization field for Makarenkova, she also participates in national and international competitions in International draughts. She won the national championships in International draughts twice and was a medalist several times. The best result by Makarenkova in international competitions was sharing the 4th place at the World championship in Bamako after winning 4 games, drawing 7 and losing 2. She also took part in 1997 and 1999 World championships and in 2008 and 2010 European championships with less success. She was a member in the Ukrainian national team in the 2010 European team championships.
External sources
at the website of the Academy for chess and draughts arts
at the Tournament base of the Dutch Draughts Federation
