The Year that Made Me: Irina Berezina, 1997

Irina Berezina is one of the few women in the world in chess to become an International Master. She started out as a child chess prodigy in the former Soviet Union, and after moving to Australia she went on to represent the country at 8 Chess Olympiads. But it was an international chess competition in 1997 that nearly ended her life, and changed the way she played the game forever. Guest: Irina Berezina, International Master of Chess.