Almira Skripchenko is a French professional poker and chess player but born on February 17, 1976 in Kishinev, Moldavia SSR, one of the 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, daughter of Ukrainian father and Armenian mother.

Both of her parents were chess coaches and it is no wonder that she started to play chess at the age of 6 years. The career of Skripchenko undergoes a seventh place in the 2009 WSOP, and a second place finish at the WPT in 2011, and to date she has won approximately $ 250,000 in winnings in poker tournaments, Skripchenko is also sponsored by the online poker room Winamax.