Galina Strutinskaya

Galina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya (Russian: Галина Николаевна Струтинская; born 1 July 1957) is a Russian chess player, trainer and international arbiter. She won the Women's World Senior Chess Championship in 2011, 2012 and 2015 (the latter in the category 50+).[2][3][4] The 2011 victory automatically earned her the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Strutinskaya also won the Women's European Senior Chess Championship in the 50+ category in 2016 and 2017.[5][6]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Nikolayevna and the family name is Strutinskaya.
Galina Strutinskaya in 2016
Full nameGalina Nikolayevna Strutinskaya
CountrySoviet Union → Russia
Born1 July 1957 (1957-07) (age 66)[1]
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2011)
Peak rating2361 (July 2001)

Strutinskaya played for Russia's second team in the Women's Chess Olympiad in 1994.[7]

References
  1. Струтинская, Галина Николаевна. chess-land.ru. (in Russian)
  2. Capece, Adolivio (4 December 2011). "World Senior Championship won by IM Vladimir Okhotnik". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. "IM Jens Kristiansen and WGM Galina Strutinskaya are World Senior Chess Champions 2012". Chessdom. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "25th World Senior Chess Championship 2015 – Winners". Chessdom. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. "Galina Strutinskaya Become European Senior Champion". Chess Federation of Russia. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. "17th European Senior Chess Championship Finished in Spain". Chess Federation of Russia. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. Galina Strutinskaya team chess record at Olimpbase.org
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