Olga Gutmakher

Olga Gutmakher was born in 1987

Olga Gutmakher was born Olga Vasiliev on 9 February 1987. She grew up in Ashdod and attended Makif Alef high school in the city. She is married to Michael Gutmakher.

Through the academic reserve program, she studied electrical engineering at Tel Aviv University. She then served in the IDF as an electrical engineer. She later studied for a master's degree in systems engineering at Afeka College.

She won several Israeli youth titles as a girl. She earned the title of Woman International Master in 2004 and won the Israeli Women's Championship in 2008, 2013 and 2014. She has played on Israel's women's team since 2003, at Olympiads and European team championships.

She won an individual bronze medal at the 2009 European Women's Team Championship and at the 2010 Women's Chess Olympiad. She chaired the women's committee of the Israel Chess Federation and works as a chess coach. As of 2017, she played for the Ashdod club in the national league.