Masha Klinova (née Jarmolinskaya, born 18 November 1968) is an Israeli chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1996).
Also she twice won Women's World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments: in 1993, in Zagreb and in 1998, in Dresden (together with Ela Pitam).
In 2000, Klinova participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Qin Kanying.
[1] She is winner of many international chess tournaments, including the shared first place with Ilze Rubene in 1999, in Stockholm Scandics Hotels tournament, shared the first place in 2001, in Odessa, won in Simferopol, in 2003, won in Sevastopol, in 2005, but in 2008 won the second place in the tournament in Kherson.
Klinova played for Israel in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[2] She played for Israel in the European Team Chess Championships:[5] Klinova received the FIDE Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1996 and the FIDE International Master (IM) title in 2002.