Svetlana Matveeva
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| Svetlana Matveeva | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Svetlana Vladislavovna Matveeva |
| Country |  Russia |
| Born | July 4, 1969 Frunze, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Title | International master, Woman Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2377 (No. 90 ranked woman in the January 2012 FIDE World Rankings) |
| Peak rating | 2502 (January 2004) |
Svetlana Matveeva (born 4 July 1969 in Frunze) is a chess player from Russia. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.
In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship. She had a surprise result in the Women's World Chess Championship 2008 when she knocked out the defending champion, Xu Yuhua, in the second round.
[edit] External links
- Svetlana Matveeva rating card at FIDE
- Svetlana Matveeva player profile at ChessGames.com
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
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