Maria Severina

Maria Ruslanovna Severina is a Russian chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master in 2013.

Biography

Maria Severina learned to play chess at the age of four. She has received prizes in the Russian Youth Chess Championships. In 2015, Maria Severina won third place in the Russian Junior Chess Championship in the U21 girls age group.
In the 2000s, Severina repeatedly represented Russia at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won two medals: gold and bronze. In 2013, she won World Youth Blitz Championship in the U18 girls age group.
In 2013, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title. In 2016, Maria Severina was awarded the Russia Master of Sport title.
In 2017, in Moscow, Severina graduated from National Research University – Higher School of Economics.