Kateryna lahno biography examples
Ekaterina Alexandrovna Lagno (Kateryna Olexandrivna Lahno in Ukrainian) was born on December 27, in Ukraine.
Kateryna Lahno became the world's youngest female grandmaster....
World rapid and blitz champion, a mother of four
Kateryna Lagno is a two-time European women’s champion (2005, 2008), the women’s World rapid champion (2014), a two-time Word blitz champion (2010, 2018), a two-time winner of the World Chess Olympiads – in 2006 as part of the Ukrainian national team and in 2014 as a member of the Russian national team.
Moreover, she is a mother of four children!
Kateryna started her chess career as a prodigal child: she learnt to play when she was two and at seven she became the Ukrainian champion among girls under 10 years. She became the national champion among girls under 12 years three times in a row.
In 2002, Lagno broke Judit Polgar’s record (that seemed to be unbreakable) thus becoming the youngest woman grandmaster in history – she achieved the rank at the age of 12 years and 4 months.
Kateryna Lagno took her first big steps in professional chess very soon: she made it all the way to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Championship (El