Iulia Mashinskaya
Introduction


**Iulia Mashinskaya** is a Russian [chess](/wiki/Chess "Chess") player who holds the titles of [International Master](/wiki/International_Master "International Master") (obtained in February 2005\) and Woman [Grandmaster](/wiki/Grandmaster_%28chess%29 "Grandmaster (chess)").

In January and April 2005, when her rating peaked at 2420, she was ranked 34th in the world for women chess players.

In 2019, Dmitry Kryakvin, writing for the [Chess Federation of Russia](/wiki/Chess_Federation_of_Russia "Chess Federation of Russia") about the history of chess in [Tatarstan](/wiki/Tatarstan "Tatarstan"), named Mashinskaya as one of [Kazan](/wiki/Kazan "Kazan")'s most successful women players.


Who are some other successful women chess players from Kazan?