Smirnova, Ekaterina

Ekaterina Smirnova, a 30-year-old Woman International Master, is rated 2078 and sitting in the top 4% of women worldwide. She has fluctuated between 2069 and 2181 over the past 2 years. 110 rated games in the past year (≈53/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 19th international chess tournament "In Memory of Georgy Agzamov" Open-B, IV International Tournament "Women's Chess Championship" Challengers, and Russian Chess Crown standard A. Also played 7 rapid (including Team championship of the Moscow region 2025_rapid) and 12 blitz events (including Russian Chess Crown blitz C) recently. Her peak of 2282 was reached at age 24 (Oct 2020, #72 nationally at the time).

Competes for FIDE (no federation) since Oct 2022. Awarded WIM in 2019 (age 23) and WFM in 2013 (age 17). Earned a WGM norm at Minsk-2022. At junior level, she reached #9, #10, #6, #10 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.