Olga Dolzhykova

Olga Dolzhykova is a Ukrainian-Norwegian chess player and educator.

Career

Dolzhykova holds the title of Woman Grandmaster. She plays chess for the club, and has represented Norway internationally at the Chess Olympiad and the European Team Chess Championship.
She was the joint winner of the Ukrainian Independence cup - A in 2008.
She has a doctorate in chess pedagogy and has been assigned with, working with chess education for children and young adults.

Personal life

Dolzhikova was born in Ukraine. She is a sister of Kateryna Dolzhykova and thus a former sister-in-law of Sergey Karjakin. She moved to Norway in 2012 as a student, and has settled in Norway with her husband and son.