Viktoriya Motrichko started playing draughts at the age of 10 and currently specializes in draughts-64 (Russian and Brazilian versions).

[2] In 2005 Motrichko won senior Ukrainian championship in Russian checkers.

The same year she took a silver medal at the senior World championships in Dnipropetrovsk with the same result as the champion, Elena Miskova from Moldova.

First, being only 18 years old, she won the first World Women Championships in Brazilian draughts in Nidzica (Poland),[3] and the next year she took the gold medal in Russian checkers at the World Mind Sports Games in Beijing while defeating Miskova in the final barrage.

[5] In 2009 Motrichko added a third senior World championships medal to her collection, winning a bronze at the World Russian checkers championship in Rubizhne (Ukraine),[3] and in 2010 she became a silver medalist at the European senior championships in Varna.