Darya Aleksandrovna Tkachenko (Ukrainian: Да́р'я Олекса́ндрівна Ткаче́нко; born 21 December 1983) is a Ukrainian draughts player holding the FMJD titles of FMJD Master (MF) and Women's International Grandmaster (GMIF).

[1] Darya Tkachenko was born in Torez, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

She has finished high school in Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast, and then started her biology studies in Kyiv University.

She graduated in 2004 and proceeded to post-graduate studies in the same university which she successfully finished in 2007.

In 2007 Tkachenko lost her World title, letting Tansykkuzhina to the first place in the tournament held in Jakutsk, Russia, but the next year she was able to regain the championship after winning the match again her Russian counterpart.