Biography of Almira Skripchenko

Almira Skripchenko (born 17 February 1976) is a French chess player who has achieved the FIDE International Women’s Grandmaster title. She won the second European Open Women’s Chess Championship in 2001. In 2004 she won the North Urals Cup, the second international super-tournament for female chess players.

Held in Krasnoturinsk, the 9-round single round robin tournament featured ten of the strongest female players in the world. Skripchenko finished a half point ahead of Maia Chiburdanidze, the former Women’s World Champion, and also defeated her in their individual encounter.

She served as treasurer for the Association of Chess Professionals.