About Alexandra Obolentseva
Alexandra Sergeevna Obolentseva (Russian: Александра Серге́евна Оболенцева; born 21 June 2001) is a Russian chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018. Obolentseva has won the World Youth Chess Championships, the World Schools Chess Championships and the European Schools Chess Championships in her age girls category. == Career == Obolentseva began playing chess in September 2007 at six years of age, in the Sport School No. 4 of Tula. Her coach was Nikolai Mikhailovich Golovin. She won the Russian Youth Championships three times, in the categories girls U8 in 2009, girls U10 in 2011, and girls U12 in 2012. In 2009, by finishing first in an event for children at the 6th International Chess Festival "Moscow Open", she qualified to play in the World School Chess Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece. In this event, Obolentseva took fifth place in the Girls Under 9 division, and first place in the Under 8 subgroup. In 2010, in the 6th World School Chess Championships in Kayseri, Turkey, Obolentseva came in second place on tie-break in the girls U9 section, losing out to Khanim Balajayeva from Azerbaijan.
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