Background
Darya Tkachenko was born in Torez, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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 Kiev University. She graduated in 2004 and proceeded to post-graduate studies in the same university which she successfully finished in 2007.
In 2008 she started working on her Doctoral thesis. Darya started playing draughts when she was 10 years old. 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.
In 2010 Tkachenko lost both European and World championships, placing as low as 19th in Europe and 4th out of 6 participants in the World championship but in the next year returned the world title after defeating Zoja Golubeva in a three-set match.