Anna Shukhman

Anna Shukhman
Personal information
Born (2009-05-06) 6 May 2009
Orenburg, Russia
Chess career
CountryRussia (until 2023)
FIDE (since 2023)
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2025)
FIDE rating2431 (March 2026)
Peak rating2431 (December 2025)

Anna Aleksandrovna Shukhman (Russian: Анна Александровна Шухман; born 6 May 2009) is a Russian chess player.[1]

Early life and career

Shukhman was born on 6 May 2009, in Orenburg, Russia.[2][3]

She won the girls' Under-10 European Youth Chess Championship in 2019, and the women's World Junior Chess Championship in 2025.

In June 2025 she was ranked world no. 3 girl.[4]

In October 2025, she became the Russian champion among adults at the age of 16, becoming the youngest champion in history and breaking the record of Aleksandra Goryachkina.[2]

Sources

  1. ^ "Shukhman, Anna FIDE Chess Profile". ratings.fide.com.
  2. ^ a b "Шухман и мат: как талантливая юниорка побила рекорд Горячкиной". Известия (in Russian).
  3. ^ "АННА ШУХМАН". Федерация шахмат России (in Russian). Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  4. ^ "FIDE World Top Chess players". ratings.fide.com.