Facts: - title: international master , wgm - caption: kovalevskaya in 2007 - fideid: 4116704 - rating: -lrb- fide world rankings -rrb- no. 56 ranked woman in the november 2012 - peakrating: 2507 -lrb- july 2001 -rrb- - birth date: 17 april 1974 - name: ekaterina kovalevskaya - birthname: ekaterina kovalevskaya - image: kovalevskaya ekaterina.jpg - birth place: rostov-on-don , soviet union Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ekaterina kovalevskaya .
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ekaterina kovalevskaya -lrb- born 17 april 1974 in rostov-on-don -rrb- is a russian chess player with the titles international master -lrb- im -rrb- and woman grandmaster -lrb- wgm -rrb- .she won the russian women 's chess championship in 1994 and 2000 .and was runner-up in the women 's world chess championship 2004 .