Anna Muzychuk

Women's rank: No. 8 (October 2026)
Rating: 2524
Peak rating: 2606 (July 2012)
Title: Grandmaster (2012)
Federation: Ukraine
Born: February 28, 1990, Lviv, Ukraine (age 36)
FIDE ID: 14111330

A Ukrainian grandmaster and the fourth woman ever to pass 2600. Muzychuk is a three-time world champion at fast chess, winning the rapid title in 2016 and blitz in 2014 and 2016, and was runner-up in the 2017 Women’s World Championship.

She grew up in a chess family: her younger sister Mariya was Women’s World Champion in 2015. In 2025 she won Norway Chess Women.

Career highlights

Women's World Rapid Champion 2016
Women's World Blitz Champion 2014 and 2016
2017 Women's World Championship runner-up
Won Norway Chess Women 2025
Fourth woman ever to pass 2600

Anna Muzychuk in The Chess Herald

Oct 11, 2026Maghsoodloo Takes Freestyle Friday on 9/11 Among 112 Masters
Oct 2, 2026Sindarov Within Two Points of Caruana After Samarkand
Aug 27, 2026How Anna Muzychuk Went From Boycotting Saudi Arabia to Booking a Spot in Saint-Tropez
Aug 17, 2026Sindarov's Round-Seven Win Echoes His Candidates Surge as Tan Survives a Near-Collapse

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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.