Viktorija Ni

Viktorija Ni
Country Latvia
United States
Born (1991-12-30) December 30, 1991
Riga, Latvia
Title Woman International Master (2010)
Peak rating 2264 (July 2012)
Ranking No. 408 ranked woman in the October 2017 FIDE World Rankings

Viktorija Ni (born December 30, 1991) is a Latvian and American chess player with the title of Woman International Master (WIM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2017.

Chess career

Viktorija Ni was taught to play chess at seven years old by her mother, Polina,[1] and was trained by Jānis Klovāns.[2] She won the Latvian women's championship of rapid chess in 2004 and 2005. In 2009 Ni was Latvian youth champion and European rapid champion in the girls under 18 category. Ni earned the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2007 and the Woman International Master (WIM) title in 2010. Ni achieved her final norm required for the title WIM at the 19th Chicago Open.[1] Ni played for the Latvian team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in 2008 and 2010, and the Four Nations Chess Challenge in 2008.

She transferred national federations from Latvia to the United States in 2011.[3] Ni has represented the United States at the Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2013 and 2015. She finished in fourth place at the U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 2012 and 2015.

Ni now lives in New York City where she works as a chess coach.[4]

Personal life

Ni is married to chess grandmaster Yury Shulman.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Viktorija Ni". www.uschesschamps.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. ↑ "In Memory of Janis Klovans (1935–2010)". ChessBase. 2011-05-12.
  3. ↑ Player transfers in 2011. FIDE.
  4. ↑ "Viktorija Ni Chess Coaching". Viktorija Ni Chess Coaching. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ Ramirez, Alejandro (2015-04-25). "Rest Day in Chengdu". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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