Masterclass Bio | WGM Julia Ryjanova
Julia Ryjanova is a Russian and Australian chess player and coach with the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
- Julia became a WGM in 2000
- Championship of Ural region (Russian Women’s Championship 1st league), Orsk, Russia, 2000 – 1st place
- Russian Women’s Championship final, Elista, Russia, 2000 – 3rd, bronze medal
- European Women’s Championships, Warsaw, Poland, 2001 – qualified for Women’s World Championship 2001
- Achieved a world ranking of #35th in October 2002 with a 2409 FIDE rating
- Won bronze medal in Russian Women’s Championship (2000)
- Captain of the Qatari Women’s chess team in 2008 – 2017 including World Chess Olympiads – Dresden, Germany, 2008; Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 2010; Istanbul, Turkey, 2012; Tromso, Norway, 2014; Baku, Azerbaijan, 2016
- Awarded as the best women’s team of Qatar by Qatar Olympic Committee in 2008
- Asian Chess Federation Women’s Masters (Melbourne, 2015) – 1st place
- In 2017 transferred federations to represent Australia
- Participated in the World Chess Olympiad 2018 (Batumi) and 2022 (Chennai) as a member of the Australian Women’s team.
- Australian Women’s Champion 2019
- Women’s Champion of Oceania 2019
- Hjorth Open (Melbourne, 2019) –1st place
- Current Women’s Champion of Oceania 2023
