Yuliya Shvayger
Yuliya Shvayger is an Israeli chess player. She was awarded the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2017.
Originally from Ukraine, Shvayger switched her national federation to Israel in 2012. Since then she has played on the Israeli team at the Women's Chess Olympiad and at the Women's European Team Chess Championship. She won the individual bronze medal on board four at the Women's European Team Championship in 2013. Shvayger competed in the Women's World Chess Championship tournament in 2018. She was knocked out by Monika Soćko in the first round after losing by a score of ½–1½. The following month, Shvayger won the Israeli women's championship edging out Marsel Efroimski on tiebreak, after both players scored 7 points.
Shvayger is married to chess grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch.
