Aleksandra Yuryevna Goryachkina is a Russian chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the No. 3 ranked woman in the world by FIDE rating behind only Hou Yifan and Koneru Humpy. With a peak rating of 2611, she is also the fourth-highest rated woman in chess history, and the highest-ever rated Russian woman. Goryachkina was the challenger in the 2020 Women's World Championship match, which she lost in rapid tiebreaks to Ju Wenjun. She is also a three-time Russian Women's Chess Champion, which she achieved in 2015, 2017, and 2020. In August 2023, she won the FIDE Women's World Cup after defeating Nurgyul Salimova in a tie break match.
Goryachkina at the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024
Goryachkina with her father (2015)
Goryachkina at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in 2013
Goryachkina (center) holding the winner's prizes at the 2017 Russian Women's Championship Superfinal
Women's World Chess Championship 2020
The 2020 Women's World Chess Championship was a chess match for the Women's World Chess Championship title. It was contested by Ju Wenjun and her challenger, Aleksandra Goryachkina, the winner of a newly established Candidates Tournament that was held in 2019.
Image: Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix Geneva 11 05 2013 Ju Wenjun during the press conference
Image: Alexandra Goryachkina Satka 2018