Viktoriya Motrichko
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Viktoriya Leontyivna Motrichko ' onMouseout='HidePop("27443")' href="/topics/Odessa">Odessa
, Ukrainian SSR
) is a Ukrainian draughts
player, an International Grandmaster since 2005. She was the World champion in Brazilian draughts in 2007 and the winner of the World Mind Sports Games
in Russian checkers
in 2008.
and Brazilian versions). In these two variants she won numerous World and European junior championships starting 2002 when she became World and European champion among mini-cadets. In the following years she won 9 more European and 6 more World titles.
. The same year she took a silver medal at the senior World championships in Dnipropetrovsk
with the same result as the champion, Elena Miskova from Moldova
. In 2006 she won the Ukrainian championship in International draughts
.
Viktoriya's best results came in 2007 and 2008. First, being only 18 years old, she won the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts in Nidzica
(Poland), and the next year she took the gold medal in Russian checkers at the World Mind Sports Games
in Beijing
while defeating Miskova in the final barrage. In 2008 she also became World junior vice-champion in International draughts.
(Ukraine
), and in 2010 she became a silver medalist at the European senior championships in Varna
. In 2010 she also won her second Ukrainian title in Russian checkers.
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, Ukrainian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
) is a Ukrainian draughts
Draughts
Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...
player, an International Grandmaster since 2005. She was the World champion in Brazilian draughts in 2007 and the winner of the World Mind Sports Games
World Mind Sports Games
The first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of...
in Russian checkers
Russian checkers
Russian draughts is a variant of draughts played in some parts in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel.-Rules:...
in 2008.
Junior career
Viktoriya Motrichko started playing draughts at the age of 10 and currently specializes in draughts-64 (RussianRussian checkers
Russian draughts is a variant of draughts played in some parts in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel.-Rules:...
and Brazilian versions). In these two variants she won numerous World and European junior championships starting 2002 when she became World and European champion among mini-cadets. In the following years she won 9 more European and 6 more World titles.
2005-2008
In 2005 Motrichko won senior Ukrainian championship in Russian checkersRussian checkers
Russian draughts is a variant of draughts played in some parts in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel.-Rules:...
. The same year she took a silver medal at the senior World championships in Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
with the same result as the champion, Elena Miskova from Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
. In 2006 she won the Ukrainian championship in International draughts
International draughts
International draughts is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10×10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used. There are two players on opposite sides, with 20 pieces each, light for one player and dark for the other...
.
Viktoriya's best results came in 2007 and 2008. First, being only 18 years old, she won the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts in Nidzica
Nidzica
Nidzica is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, between Olsztyn and Mława. It has a population of 14,798 . It is the capital of Nidzica County.-History:...
(Poland), and the next year she took the gold medal in Russian checkers at the World Mind Sports Games
World Mind Sports Games
The first World Mind Sports Games were held in Beijing, China from October 3 to 18, 2008, about two months after the Olympic Games. They were sponsored and organised by the International Mind Sports Association with the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of...
in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
while defeating Miskova in the final barrage. In 2008 she also became World junior vice-champion in International draughts.
2009-2010
In 2009 Motrichko added a third senior World championships medal to her collection, winning a bronze at the World Russian checkers championship in RubizhneRubizhne
Rubizhne is a town in Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. Its population is 61,657 .The town started growing from a train station built in 1904....
(Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
), and in 2010 she became a silver medalist at the European senior championships in Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
. In 2010 she also won her second Ukrainian title in Russian checkers.
External links
- Profile in the Tournament database of the Dutch Draughts Federation