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Anjelina Belakovskaia
Anjelina Yakivna Belakovskaia[a] (born May 17, 1969[1]) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. women's champion, with victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999.[2] BiographyBelakovskaia grew up in Odesa, Ukraine, and is a graduate of the Odesa Agricultural University.[3] She came to the United States to play competitive chess. She recalls flying from Moscow to New York City and arriving with little money and knowing only a few English words.[3] Belakovskaia's first job in the United States was slicing watermelons and winning money from the chess hustlers at Washington Square Park.[3] She won $35 the first day, and soon the hustlers would no longer play her because they had lost too much money.[3] Belakovskaia had a brief cameo in the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer in 1993.[4] Belakovskaia became a naturalized U.S. citizen on November 24, 1999.[5] Later that year, she began graduate work at New York University, and in 2001 earned a Master's Degree in Mathematics in Finance.[6] Soon after, she got a position as a trader at Williams Cos. in Tulsa, Oklahoma in weather derivatives. In May 2001, Belakovskaia became the head of the Weather Derivatives desk at Williams EM&T (Energy, Marketing, and Trading). There, she was recognized as Best Female Employee for her contribution to the company's success.[citation needed] Since January 2011, Belakovskaia has taught finance classes at the Eller College of Management at The University of Arizona.[6] In 2012, she became a member of the American Meteorological Society Committee on Financial Weather/Climate Risk Management. In 2013, she became an honors professor, adding the "Chess, Leadership and Business Strategy" course at UA Honors College to her course load.[7] Chess careerIn July 1991, she came to the U.S. to play in the Chess World Open in Philadelphia.[3] In 1993, she was awarded the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title (WGM).[8] Belakovskaia won the New York Women's Chess Championship three times and played on the U.S. team in the Chess Olympiads in 1994, 1996, and 1998.[citation needed] In 1995, she won the first of her three US Women's Chess Championship titles, tying for first with Sharon Burtman.[9] The next year, she won the title outright.[10] In 1997, she took second place in the US Women's Championship.[11] In 1999 she became champion for the third time.[12] Her third tournament was won through her "superior grasp of the middle game."[12] In 2000, Belakovskaia was Honored by Howard Golden - president of Brooklyn, City of New York - for superlative skills and outstanding achievement.[13][14] In 2010, Belakovskaia started a chess program for children in Tucson, Arizona.[15] She is also a member of the FIDE Chess in Schools commission.[16] In 2013, she coordinated an all girls' chess tournament in Tucson during the month of April.[17] Notable gameFor the US Women's Chess Championship Anjelina Belakovskaia (white) played the following game against Ivona Jezierska (King's Indian opening): See alsoNotesReferences
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