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Kateryna Oleksandrivna Lahno (Ukrainian: Катерина Олександрівна Лагно; born December 27, 1989) is a Ukrainian chess player. She earned the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at the age of 12 years and 4 months, breaking Judit Polgár's record to become the youngest ever to earn this title. She is now a full Grandmaster (GM). Born in Lviv, Lahno grew up in the industrial and chess-friendly town Kramatorsk. As of 2005, she lives in Donetsk.
Lahno was the fifth seed for the 64-player knockout 2004 Women's World Chess Championship. At the age of 15 she won the 2005 European Individual Women's Championship, held in June in Chişinău, Moldova. Tied with Russian IM Nadezhda Kosintseva at the end of the 12th round with 9 points each, Lahno won both games of a two-game rapid-play tie-break playoff to win the championship. She won IV Women's 'North Urals Cup - 2006', attaining a full grandmaster norm in the process.
In May 2008, Lahno won the European Individual Women Chess Championships again in Plovdiv, by one-half point in the 11-round open tournament.
Draughts Day 4 Interview with Kateryna Lahno
Trudodyr vs Kateryna Lahno Chess Blitz
Kateryna Lahno vs Anna Gasik - Greece 2001
♚ GM Kateryna Lahno vs GM Viktor Bologan ☆ Chess Blitz on Playchess.com ☆
Viktor Bologan vs Kateryna Lahno Chess Blitz on Playchess.com
Chess: Kateryna lahno ( 2540 ) - yifan hou ( 2661 ), 1-0, http://sunday.b1u.org
Kateryna Lahno Chess Blitz
Female Grandmaster Kateryna Lahno Vs GM Hou Yifan Womens Grand Prix 2011
GM Kateryna Lahno vs GM David Howell Chess Blitz On Playchess.com Part 1
♚ GM Kateryna Lahno vs GM Nigel Short Chess Blitz on Playchess.com