Kateryna Lahno
Kateryna Lahno born on 27th of December 27, 1989 in L’viv. She is a Ukrainian chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgar’s record to become the youngest ever to earn this title.
She is now a full Grandmaster (GM). Lahno grew up in the industrial and chess-friendly town Kramatorsk. In 2005 she lives in Donetsk.
As of October 2006, she had two of three norms necessary to earn the Grandmaster title. Lahno was the fifth seed for the 64-player knockout 2004 Women’s World Chess Championship. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women’s Championship, held in June in Chişinău, Moldova. Tied with Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva at the end of the 12th round with 9 points each, Lahno won both games of a two-game rapid-play tie-break playoff to win the championship.
Although Lahno, unlike Polgar, competes for women’s titles, both have stated that their true goal is to be simply World Champion.
She won IV Women’s ‘North Urals Cup - 2006′, attaining for a full grandmaster norm in the process.
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