Svetlana Petrenko is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on May 27, 1974 in Moldova.
Multiple Moldovan women’s chess championship winner (1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018). In 2005, she won the men’s chess championship of Moldova.
In 1996, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE International Women Grandmaster (WGM) title five years later. In 2004, Svetlana Petrenko was awarded the FIDE International Master for men (IM) title.
Svetlana Petrenko (Romanian: Svetlana Petrenco; born 27 May 1974) is a Moldovan chess player who holds the titles of woman grandmaster (WGM, 2001) and international master (IM, 2004). She won the Moldovan Chess Championship in 2005 and is an eleven-time Moldovan Women’s Chess Champion.
