Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Goryachkina ta fara gasar Olympics ta Chess a
2016 a kan jirgin na uku. Ba ta da kyakkyawan aiki, ta sami maki 4.5/9 don ƙimar aikin 2328 yayin da Rasha ta gama matsayi ɗaya daga cikin lambobin yabo. A gasar zakarun duniya ta biyu a shekara ta 2017, Goryachkina ta lashe lambar zinare ta farko a taron, tana taka leda ta huɗu a bayan Alexandra Kosteniuk, Kateryna Lagno, da Valentina Gunina. Ta lashe lambar tagulla a tebur na huɗu. Rasha ta sake lashe lambar zinare a gasar zakarun Turai a baya a shekarar, tare da Goryachkina kuma tana wasa a tebur na huɗu.