IMKarina Ambartsumova

Karina Ambartsumova was born in Kazan in 1989 and began chess at four. She won European girls' under-fourteen bronze in 2002. In 2010 she became Russian student champion. The following year she represented Russia at the Universiade in Shenzhen and earned the woman grandmaster title. She also graduated from the Russian State Social University in social pedagogy in 2011. Her speed-chess successes included the Moscow women's rapid championship in 2008 and blitz championship in 2012. In 2014 she won Denmark's Lady Chess tournament. She won the Russian Women's Rapid Championship in 2015 and took bronze in 2017. FIDE awarded her the international master title in 2019. Alongside tournament play, she taught children and adults, including through online lessons.