Inna Koren
Inna Koren | |
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| Born | Inna Izrailov March 30, 1964 Azerbaijan |
| Occupation(s) | Chess player, financial analyst |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Known for | United States Women's Chess Champion, Woman International Master |
Inna Koren (née Izrailov, born 30 March 1964) is a chess player originally from Azerbaijan who later became an American citizen. She holds the FIDE designation of Woman International Master (WIM), awarded in 1986, and is a past champion of the United States Women's Chess Championship.
Biography
Koren has been living in the United States since 1979. She secured the title at the United States Women's Chess Championship in 1986, the same year she was granted the Woman International Master status. The following year, in 1987, she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament held in Smederevska Palanka, where she tied for 6th-7th place.
Representing the United States, Koren took part in two Women's Chess Olympiads:
- At the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki, 1984, she played on the second board, achieving a score of +3, =2, -4.
- At the 28th Chess Olympiad (women), also in Thessaloniki in 1988, she competed on the third board with a record of +3, =5, -2.
Koren earned her degree in Computer Science from Yale University. During her time there, she was part of Yale's victorious team at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championship, playing alongside future US Chess Champions Joel Benjamin and Michael Wilder.
Her professional career began at Goldman Sachs. She then spent eleven years as Senior Vice President specializing in MBS/ABS Research with Prudential Financial. Between 2001 and 2003, she directed ABS Consumer Research at Wachovia Securities. In 2003, Koren took on the role of Director and Senior Home Equity/ABS Analyst at Barclays Capital.
External links
- FIDE
- USCF
- Chessgames.com player profile
- 365Chess.com player profile