Irina Berezina

Irina Berezina
Irina Berezina playing in the Women's World Chess Championship 2012
Country Soviet Union
Russia (1992-93)
Australia
Born (1965-07-07) 7 July 1965
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Title International Master
Woman International Master
Peak rating 2304 (January 2000)

Irina Berezina (also known as Irina Feldman and Irina Berezina-Feldman; born 7 July 1965 in Kiev) is an Australian chess International Master and trainer, and five-time Oceania women's chess champion.

Chess career

Berezina tied for first place in the Women's Zonal 12 Championship in Jakarta in 1993,[1] and as a result was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM).

In 1995 she won the Asian-Pacific Women's Zonal Championship in the Genting Highlands, Malaysia[2] and went on to play in the 1995 Women's Interzonal Championship in Kishinev, Moldova, where she scored 5.5 points from 13 games.[3]

Berezina won the Australian Women’s Championship in 1999.[4] In the same year, she achieved the title of International Master (IM) by coming equal second in the inaugural Oceania Zonal Championship held on the Gold Coast, Australia.[5] She won the Oceania Women’s Zonal Championship five times: in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2013.

She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship three times: in 2006,[6][7] 2012, and 2015.

Berezina played on board one of the Australian national team at seven Women's Chess Olympiads, in 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2014.[8]

Trainer

She has a degree in Chess Coaching from Kiev Institute of Physical Culture and Sport, and is a co-owner of "Chess Masters", a chess coaching business in Sydney, with her husband, IM Vladimir Feldman.

In 2005 Berezina was accredited as a FIDE Trainer by FIDE.

References

  1. ↑ FIDE Women Zonal 12, Jakarta 1993. IndonesiaBase.
  2. ↑ "Feldman breaks drought". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1995-07-02. Retrieved 2016-07-15 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 1995 Kishinev Interzonal Tournament. Mark Weeks.
  4. ↑ Australian Women's champions. Australian Chess Federation.
  5. ↑ Bekker, Gary (1999-04-26). "TWIC 233: Oceanic Zonal". theweekinchess.com. Mark Crowther. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  6. ↑ "Women's World Chess Championship 2006". ChessBase News.
  7. ↑ "Favourites go through, while stars tumble". ChessBase News.
  8. ↑ Irina Berezina team chess record at Olimpbase.org
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