In the early and mid-1990s, Irina Kryukova was among the leading female chess players in Russia. In 1994, she won silver medal in
Russian Women's Chess Championship behind
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. Irina Kryukova two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments: • In 1993, at
Interzonal Tournament in
Jakarta ranked 19th place; • In 1995, at
Interzonal Tournament in
Chişinău ranked 38th place. Irina Kryukova played for Russia-2 team in the
Women's Chess Olympiad: • In 1994, at first board in the
31st Chess Olympiad (women) in
Moscow (+5, =5, -2). In 1993, she was awarded the FIDE
Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE
Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title eight year later. Also Kryukova received FIDE
International Arbiter (IA, 2011) and
FIDE International Organizer (FIO, 2012) titles. Known as a chess trainer in various chess schools in Moscow and
Moscow Oblast, where she has worked for more than 20 years. ==References==