Elina Groberman Cotler ^People

Since 1995 she moved to the United States with her family. Elina Groberman won the New York (state) Women's Chess Championships three years in a row (1996-1998). In 1998, she won the Pan American Youth Girl's Chess Championship in the U18 age group. Three times she participated in the World Junior Chess Championship (1997-1999). In 2000, Elina Groberman shared first place with Camilla Baginskaite in the U.S. Women's Chess Championship. In 2001, Elina Groberman participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Nana Ioseliani. In 2000, she was awarded the FIDE International Women Master (WIM)title. Later she rarely participated in chess tournaments. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. She learned to play chess at age 6 from her father. She instantly loved the game because it made me think. In one of her first games against her Dad, she says, I got checkmated in three moves. I was devastated and wouldn't stop crying. He consoled me by showing me how he did it, and then ti never happened again.To stay mentally fit she often analvzes her own moves and studies themoves ofothers. She reads, practices, and reviews her previous games to correct her mistakes. You can tell right away when you're mentally fit. You're much sharper and can makeconnections more quickly