| Svetlana Prudnikova | |
|---|---|
 Prudnikova in 2006 | |
| Country | Russia Serbia |
| Born | 18 March 1967 (age 56) |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1992) |
| FIDE rating | 2174 (October 2021) |
| Peak rating | 2428 (July 2000) |
Svetlana Prudnikova (Russian: Светла́на Алекса́ндровна Пру́дникова, romanized: Svetlána Aleksándrovna Prúdnikova; born 18 March 1967) is a Russian-Serbian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
She won twice both the Russian women's championship, in 1992 and 1998, and the FR Yugoslavia women's championship, in 2000 and 2002.
Prudnikova played for the Russian national team in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1992 and 1996, contributing to a 3rd-place finish in the latter event. Representing her adopted country FR Yugoslavia in 2000, 2002 and 2004, she helped her team to reach a creditable 5th place at the 34th Chess Olympiad in 2000. She won two olympic individual gold medals playing board 2 in both occasions: in 1992 and 2002.[1]
Her daughter, Tamara Čurović, is a tennis player and a member of the Serbia Fed Cup team.[2]
References
- ↑ "Women's Chess Olympiads: Svetlana Prudnikova". OlimpBase. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Tamara Čurović, nova nada srpskog tenisa" [Tamara Curovic, the new hope of Serbian tennis]. mondo.rs. MTS Mondo. August 14, 2006.
External links
- Svetlana Prudnikova rating card at FIDE
- Svetlana Prudnikova FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Svetlana Prudnikova Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Svetlana Prudnikova chess games at 365Chess.com
- Svetlana Prudnikova player profile and games at Chessgames.com