Svetlana Petrenko

Svetlana Petrenko, born in 1974, won thirteen Moldovan women's championships between 1993 and 2021. In 2005, she also won Moldova's open national championship. Her international tournament successes included Lviv in 2004, Saint Petersburg in 2005 and consecutive women's tournaments in Belgrade in 2006 and 2007. She became a woman grandmaster in 2001 and an international master in 2004.

At the 2001 Women's World Championship, Petrenko defeated Tatiana Kononenko before losing to eventual champion Zhu Chen. She returned to the competition in 2004. A long-serving Moldovan team member, she appeared in nine Olympiads from 1998 to 2016, frequently on first board. She also played in the European Team Championships of 2001 and 2003.