Valentina Golubenko
Golubenko in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1990 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Estonia (until 2007) Croatia (since 2007) |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2007) |
| Peak rating | 2316 (July 2007) |
Valentina Golubenko (Russian: Валентина Голубенко; born 29 July 1990) is a Russian-born chess player playing for Estonia and Croatia, holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was world champion in the girls under 18 category in 2008. Although she spent her early life playing in Estonia, Golubenko had moved to Croatia as she was not qualified to represent Estonia owing to her Russian citizenship.