Elena Maksimova

Elena Maksimova (Russian: Елена Григорьевна Максимова; born 6 May 1988), née Klimets (Russian: Климец), also Maksimova-Klimets (Russian: Максимова-Климец), is a Belarusian chess player and journalist who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 2005).

Elena Maksimova
Maksimova in 2008
Full name	Elena Maksimova-Klimets
Country	Belarus
Born	(1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 37) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Title	Woman FIDE Master (2005)
FIDE rating	2070 (March 2010)
Peak rating	2150 (July 2008)

Biography

In 2000s Elena Maksimova was one of the leading Belarusian chess players. Elena Maksimova played for Belarus in the Women's Chess Olympiad:^[1]

• In 2008, at first reserve board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+2, =3, −1).

In 2010, she graduated from Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University Physics and Mathematics Department with master's degree. From 2011 Elena Maksimova lives in Moscow and worked as journalist from Russian chess portals chess-news.ru and chesspro.ru.^[2]