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Streamer Info
- Full Name
- Dina Belenkaya
- Twitch Handle:
- DinaBelankay
- Twitch Link:
- Watch on Twitch
- YouTube Channel
- YouTube Link:
- Title:
- WGM
- Country:
- Russia
- Language(s):
- English
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Connections
- Chess.com Username:
- Lichess Username:
- Chess24 Username:
- Discord
- Website
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From her Twitch About page:
Born in 1993 in St Petersburg, Russia, Dina learned to play chess at the age of three. She started competing at 5 winning multiple youth championships and a first adult tournament at the age of 17. Grandmaster at 22, Dina has stability found her place at the world women elite rating list. Bundesliga champion 2019, multiple vice-champion of Russia in teams, Dina has qualified for the World Cup 2021 which from now on remains her main target.
Dina is also a promoter for women chess who believes that beauty and intelligence can be allied in this mostly patriarchal world of chess. Being trilingual, she uses the language as her arm and finds a passion in streaming the game that has been her biggest crush throughout her life.
The channel is also covered by Dina’s sister, Asya Belenkaya, a singer, actor and YouTuber, who has been performing everything from comedy to horror since almost two decades. Asya streams variety of categories from Chess to Just Chatting which usually transforms to very deep conversations.
