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Leya Garifullina

Leya Garifullina

Russian chess player

Leya Garifullina (born 5 November 2004) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).[1]

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Chess career

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

  1. [1]
    "Garifullina, Leya". ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. [2]
    "Mumbai 2019 - 37° World Championship u16 (girls)". www.brasilbase.pro.br. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. [3]
    "Nepomniachtchi and Goryachkina are the 2020 Russian champions". Chess News. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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    "FIDE World Cup 2.2: Krasenkow shocks Alekseenko". chess24.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. [5]
    "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.


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