Woman Grandmaster Camilla Baginskaite

WGM Camilla Baginskaite was born in Vilnius, Lithuania on April 24, 1967 and learned to play chess from her father when she was about eight years old. She played many games with him until she reached his level and then started to attend chess school when she was ten. Camilla quickly advanced and, at age 15, became the youngest female master in Lithuania at the time.

Baginskaite finished third in the World Championships for Girls under 20 in 1987 and a year later Camilla won the event � a remarkable accomplishment considering it was only her second international tournament and her first outside the USSR. This victory earned her the international master (IM) title.

She played first board for the Lithuanian women's team in three Olympiads (Manila, Moscow, Yerevan). In 1997, Camilla moved to the United States.

What she likes most about the game: "You have to find the best solution. If only you could avoid situations when there is no good solution! And, of course, I like the opportunity to see new places and meet new people."

Camilla has studied design and has advanced degrees in art history, theory and criticism. She enjoys reading books, movies, shopping and a favorite Lithuanian pastime, picking forest mushrooms (carefully) and berries. Camilla is married to GM Alex Yermolinsky and they have a son named Edward.

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