Irina Krush
Irina Krush at the 2003 U.S. Chess Championships in Seattle, Washington
Full name	Irina Krush
Country	United States
Born	December 24, 1983 (1983-12-24) (age 25) Odessa, Ukraine
Title	International Master Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2458 (September 2009)
Peak rating	2479 (July 2007)

Irina Krush (born December 24, 1983) is an American chess player and won U.S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998 and 2007.^[1] Born in Odessa, USSR (now Ukraine), she is widely known for her series of chess training videos, the "Krushing Attacks" series.

Krush learned to play chess at age five, emigrating with her parents to Brooklyn that same year (1989). Krush attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, known to be one of the top high school chess teams in the USA.

At age 14 Krush won the 1998 US Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. Women's Champion ever. She holds the title of International Master (IM), a Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and has one of three tournament results (norms) necessary to qualify for the International Grandmaster (GM) title. On the October 2008 FIDE rating list for women, Krush has a FIDE rating of 2452, 34th best among active female players^[2].

Krush gained a measure of fame both inside and outside chess circles during the well-publicized "Kasparov versus the World" chess competition in 1999. Garry Kasparov played the white pieces and the Internet public, via a Microsoft host website, voted on moves for the black pieces, guided by the recommendations of Krush and three of her contemporaries, Etienne Bacrot, Elisabeth Pähtz and Florin Felecan. On the tenth move, Krush suggested a novelty, for which the World Team voted. Kasparov said later that he lost control of the game at that point, and wasn't sure whether he was winning or losing.^{[citation needed]}

Krush currently plays for the New York Knights in the U.S. Chess League, and both she and her husband Canadian Grandmaster Pascal Charbonneau ^[1] have played in the United Kingdom league for Guildford-ADC. In 2006 they were students in Paris. She played on the U.S. team in the 38th Chess Olympiad.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FIDE rating card for Irina Krush
• Irina Krush player profile at ChessGames.com
• Profile from uschessleague.com
• Statistics at ChessWorld.net
• Dynako, Betsy (31 July 2007). "Interview with Irina Krush". Chess Life Online. http://main.uschess.org/content/view/6626/358/. 
• Interview With Irina Krush
• Interview at 2009 US Championship

Preceded by Esther Epstein

U.S. Women's Chess Champion 1998

Succeeded by Anjelina Belakovskaia

Preceded by Anna Zatonskih

U.S. Women's Chess Champion 2007

Succeeded by Anna Zatonskih