Inna Koren
| Inna Koren | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Born | 30 March 1964 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Title | Woman International Master (WIM) (1986) |
Inna Koren (née Izrailov, born 30 March 1964), is an Azerbaijan born American Woman International Master (WIM, 1986). She is United States Women's Chess Championship winner.
Biography
Since 1979 Inna Koren has been living in the United States. In 1986, she won the United States Women's Chess Championship.[1] In 1986, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title. In 1987, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Smederevska Palanka shared 6th-7th place with Ildikó Mádl.[2]
Inna Koren played for United States in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[3]
- In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =2, -4),
- In 1988, at third board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+3, =5, -2).
Inna graduated from Yale University with a degree in Computer Science. While at Yale she was part of the winning team at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championship.[4] The winning 1983 team from Yale University featured 3 future US Chess Champions in Joel Benjamin, Michael Wilder, and Inna Izrailov (Koren).
Ms. Koren started her career in Mortgage Finance at Goldman Sachs followed by 11 years at Prudential Financial, Inc. as a Senior Vice President in MBS/ABS Research. From 2001 to 2003 Ms. Koren was with Wachovia Securities running their ABS Consumer Research. In 2003 she joined Barclays Capital PLC as a Director and Senior Home Equity/ABS Analyst.[5]
References
- ^ Mikolyzk, Thomas. "The United States Chess Federation - U.S. Women's Champions". main.uschess.org.
- ^ "1987 Smederevska Palanka Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". www.mark-weeks.com.
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Bettina Trabert". www.olimpbase.org.
- ^ "Pan_American_Intercollegiate_Team_Chess_Championship". en.wikipedia.org.
- ^ "Inna Koren: Executive Profile & Biography". www.bloomberg.com.
External links
- Inna Koren player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Inna Koren chess games at 365Chess.com
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