WIMSvitlana Demchenko

Svitlana Demchenko was born in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, and later built her chess career in Canada. She won five Canadian girls' titles and two North American girls' championships across different age categories. Her Canadian Olympiad debut came in Batumi in 2018, where she remained unbeaten on fourth board. FIDE awarded her the Woman International Master title in 2019. At the 2021 Women's World Cup, she took Karina Cyfka to a second set of rapid tiebreaks before losing their first-round match. She returned to the Olympiad team in 2022, scoring 7½/11 on second board. In 2023, she won the Canadian Women's Championship. Alongside her university studies in Ottawa, she has developed a teaching career. Her ChessBase show Svitlana's Smart Moves, co-hosted with Arne Kaehler, began in 2021. She has also recorded courses on openings and strategy and streamed under the name SvetaStream.