Leya Garifullina
| Leya Garifullina | |
|---|---|
 Leya Garifullina at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | |
| Country | Russia (until 2022) FIDE (since 2022) |
| Born | 5 November 2004 |
| Title | International Master (2022) Woman Grandmaster (2020) |
| FIDE rating | 2438 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2458 (June 2024) |
Leya Garifullina (born 5 November 2004) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).[1]
Chess career
[edit]She won the Girls Under-16 World Championship in 2019 in Bombay with 8.5 points out of 11.[2] She tied for third in the Russian Women's Chess championship in December 2020.[3]
She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where, ranked 44th, she beat Zenia Corrales Jiménez in the first round, before upsetting Olga Girya in the second round.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Garifullina, Leya". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Mumbai 2019 - 37° World Championship u16 (girls)". www.brasilbase.pro.br. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Nepomniachtchi and Goryachkina are the 2020 Russian champions". Chess News. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "FIDE World Cup 2.2: Krasenkow shocks Alekseenko". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
External links
[edit]- Leya Garifullina rating card at FIDE
- Leya Garifullina player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Leya Garifullina chess games at 365Chess.com
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