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Yulia Makarenkova Personal information Birth name Yulia Weinstein Full name Yulia Vladimirovna Makarenkova Nationality 
UkraineBorn September 2, 1973
Kiev, Ukrainian SSRResidence Kharkiv, Ukraine Sport Country Ukraine Sport Draughts Event(s) Russian checkers
Brazilian draughtsTurned pro 1982 Coached by V. A. Shalimov Achievements and titles World finals Russian: champion (1994, 1999, 2009)
Brazilian: 3rd (2007)Regional finals Europe: champion (2002, 2007) National finals USSR: champion (1988, 1990)
Ukraine: champion (8 times Russian, 2 times International)Yulia Vladimirovna Makarenkova (Ukrainian: Юлiя Вoлoдимировна Макаренкова, Russian: Юлия Владимировна Макаренкова; b. September 2, 1973 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a draughts player from Ukraine and International Grand Master (GMI). She specializes in Russian checkers and Brazilian draughts played on a small board but also takes part in competitions in International draughts. Yulia Makarenkova is a three-times World champion and two-times European champion in Russian checkers, two-times national champion of the Soviet Union and multiple times Ukrainian national champion in Russian checkers and International draughts.
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Personal
Yulia Weinstein was born in Kiev and in 1996 graduated from the National University of Kyiv. She first met her future husband Valeriy Makarenkov at the World championships in Alushta in 2000. The couple with two children currently lives in Kharkiv.
Sports career
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Yulia Weinstein was introduced to draughts when she was four years old. When she was in the third grade, in the late 1982, she started training seriosly under the guidance of Mikhail Litvinenko. In 1984 Yulia won her first meaningful title when she became the champion of Kiev among U18 girls. During the tournament she defeated some of the girls who were two levels higher than her in the Soviet sporting rankings.
In 1988 Weinstein became the youngest Soviet champion in Russian checkers, winning the national championships at the age of 15. In 1989 she became the champion of the Ukrainian SSR, and in 1990 won the Soviet championship for the second time.[1]
Starting from 1993, Yulia regularly takes part in the World championships in Russian checkers, prganized both by the leading international organization, FMJD, and the alternative International Association of Russian Checkers (Russian: Международная ассоциация русских шашек, МАРШ). She won the FMJD World championships three times, in 1994, 1999 and 2009 and was a medalist multiple times. In 2007 at the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts Makarenkova won a bronze medal. In addition, she is two-times European champion in Russian checkers (in 2002 and 2007), also winning medals in 2004 and 2006. In addition, she won the World championship (Russian checkers) in rapid draughts and blitz in 2003[2]
During the period of the national independence, starting 1992, Yulia Makarenkova (Weinstein) won the Ukrainian national championships in Russian checkers seven times (1992, 1993, 1997—1999, 2007 and 2008) and became six-time silver medalist and two-times bronze medalist.[1]
Record in World and European championships in Russian and Brazilian variants [3]
Year Competition Place Tournament / match Result Place 1993 WC KerchTournament 5/8 2 1993 WC (MARSH) 
OryolTournament 3 1994 WC AlushtaTournament 21/32 1 1994 WC (MARSH) YakutskTournament 12.5/17 2 1996 WC AlushtaTournament 3 1999 WC SimferopolTournament 22/28 1 2001 WC AlushtaTournament 19/26 2 2003 WC Saint PetersburgTournament 19/28 21 2002 EC DnepropetrovskTournament 1 2004 EC KalugaTournament 3 2006 EC 
SaarbrückenTournament (Swiss+PO) +3=5-12 2 2007 WC (Brazilian) 
NidzicaTournament +5=5-1 33 2007 EC LvivTournament +8=3-0 1 2007 WC (MARSH) 
PitsundaTournament 9/13 2 2008 WMSG 
BeijingTournament (Swiss+PO) +2=7-1 44 2008 EC KargopolТурнир (Swiss+PO) +3=3-35 4 2009 WC RubizhneTournament (Swiss+RR) +6=8-06 1 2010 EC 
Sunny BeachTournament (Swiss) +2=6-1 7 1 Lost to
Antonina Langina 2-4 in a 1st place barrage
2 +3=4-0 in Swiss tournament, drew in semifinal against Viktoriya Motrichko, lost in the final to Elena Bushueva
3 By the results of an additional round robin tournament took part in a 3rd place barrage and defeated Stepanida Kirillina
4 +2=5-0 in Swiss tournament, lost in semifinal to
Elena Miskova, in a 3rd place barrage drew against Yuliya Romanskaya and lost the bronze medal based on ranking[4]
5 +3=3-1 in Swiss tournament, lost in semifinal to Yulia Kuzina and in the 3rd place barrage to 
Daria Fedorovich
6 +2=5-0 in Swiss tournament, +4-3=0 in the final round robinInternational draughts
Although small board draughts remain the primary specialization field for Makarenkova, she also participates in national and international competitions in International draughts. She won the national championships in International draughts twice (in 1999[1] and 2009[5]) and was a medalist several times.
The best result by Makarenkova in international competitions was sharing the 4th place at the World championship in Bamako (Mali) after winning 4 games, drawing 7 and losing 2. She also took part in 1997 and 1999 World championships and in 2008 and 2010 European championships with less success. She was a member in the Ukrainian national team in the 2010 European team championships.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Yulia Vladimirovna Makarenkova (Weinstein) at the website of the Academy for chess and draughts arts (Russian)
- ^ List of medalists at the World, European and Asian championships at the FMJD Section-64 website (Russian)
- ^ based on materials from Websites:History of World championships in draughts-64 at the Ukrshashki website (Russian)List of medalists at the World, European and Asian championships at the FMJD Section-64 website (Russian)Results of the World Women Championships I-VII at the MARSH website (Russian)
- ^ Results of Swiss tournament and play offs in the Tournament base of the Dutch Draughts Federation
- ^ J.Makarenkova & A.Ivanov: New Ukrainian champions at the European Draughts Confederation website
- ^ Results at the Tournament base of the Dutch Draughts Federation
External Sources
- Yulia Vladimirovna Makarenkova (Weinstein) at the website of the Academy for chess and draughts arts (Russian)
- Profile at the Tournament base of the Dutch Draughts Federation
Categories:- Ukrainian draughts players
- Soviet draughts players
- Players of Russian checkers
- Players of Brazilian draughts
- International draughts players
- People from Kharkiv
- 1973 births
- Living people
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