Tarasenka, Aliaksandra

Aliaksandra Tarasenka, a 20-year-old Belarusian Woman International Master, is rated 2245 — just 22 short of her peak of 2267 (Dec 2025, age 19) and ranked 14th among women worldwide under 20, and in the top 3% worldwide. She is rising rapidly, having gained +107 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include IV International Tournament "Women's Chess Championship" Challengers, Ch BLR 2026 women, and Budapest One Week 2025 August IM-C. Also played 5 rapid (including The 8th SCO International Team Chess Tournament 2026 (Final)) and 4 blitz events (including FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. She reached Belarusian #15 in Jan 2026.

Awarded WIM in 2025 (age 19) and WFM in 2019 (age 13). At junior level, she reached World #63 in U14 and #3, #3, #3, #5 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U12 and U10.