Kateryna Lagno: the speedster of women's chess

In rapid and blitz chess, speed kills. Kateryna Lagno knows this better than anyone: world blitz champion, classical title candidate, and one of the most solid and fastest players on the women’s circuit for more than a decade.

Who Lagno is

She was born on December 27, 1989 in Lviv, Ukraine. She stood out from a young age for her talent and calculation speed. In 2008 she changed federation and began representing Russia, where she found better conditions for her professional career.

In 2019 she reached her peak of 2570 ELO, placing her among the world’s top 5 players.

Blitz champion

The brightest moment of her career came in 2018, when she was crowned world blitz champion, proving that her calculation speed and precision under time pressure had no rival.

Her chess DNA

In our chess DNA system, Lagno represents the profile of the precise speedster: consistency and clock management at maximum level, with a technical solidity that makes her hard to beat. If your GM twin is Lagno, your strength is precision under pressure and speed.

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