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Vera Nebolsina
V Nebolsina 
Photo credit: bangkokchess.com  

Number of games in database: 310
Years covered: 1998 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2224 (2197 rapid, 2154 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2377
Overall record: +91 -98 =51 (48.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 70 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (22) 
    B25 B23 B22 B40 B27
 King's Indian Attack (17) 
    A07
 Caro-Kann (11) 
    B10 B12 B11 B13
 Semi-Slav (10) 
    D47 D43 D44 D45
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    E10 D02 D00 A50
 King's Indian (9) 
    E99 E64 E62 E90 E92
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (24) 
    B30 B32 B50 B23 B33
 King's Indian (19) 
    E60 E61 E62 E81 E76
 Petrov (18) 
    C42 C43
 Slav (16) 
    D10 D12 D15 D11 D17
 Grunfeld (13) 
    D85 D72 D80 D76 D90
 English, 1 c4 e5 (6) 
    A28 A27 A20 A22
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Anatoly Ivanov vs V Nebolsina, 2001 0-1
   A Dragomirescu vs V Nebolsina, 2005 0-1
   R Kaskevich vs V Nebolsina, 2001 0-1
   M Muzychuk vs V Nebolsina, 2009 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2007)
   Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2010)
   Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2010)
   Russian Team Championship (Women) (2017)
   Russian Team Championship (Women) (2018)
   Russian Team Championship (Women) (2012)
   Russian Club Championship: Women (2006)
   European Championship (Women) (2010)
   European Championship (Women) (2005)
   Izmailov Memorial (2007)
   European Championship (Women) (2009)
   Gibraltar Masters (2016)
   Reykjavik Open (2018)
   European Club Cup (Women) (2016)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Club Cup
   V Nebolsina vs C Quaranta (Oct-06-23) 1-0
   M Nosacheva vs V Nebolsina (Dec-30-19) 0-1, blitz
   V Nebolsina vs E Doluhanova (Dec-30-19) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   K Kulon vs V Nebolsina (Dec-30-19) 0-1, blitz
   V Nebolsina vs P Cramling (Dec-30-19) 0-1, blitz

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VERA NEBOLSINA
(born Dec-16-1989, 35 years old) Russia (federation/nationality France)

[what is this?]

WGM Vera Nebolsina became U10 Girls' World Youth Chess Champion in 1998 and won the U20 Girls' World Youth Chess Championship in 2007. She signed up for the 2016 Calgary International tournament, forthcoming in late July(2).

Further reading: (1) Wikipedia article: Vera Nebolsina , (2) http://www.calgary-international.co...

Last updated: 2025-06-16 16:24:47

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 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 310  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Nebolsina vs L Rogule 1-0511998Wch U10 GirlsB50 Sicilian
2. V Nebolsina vs Lagno  ½-½251998Wch U10 GirlsC46 Three Knights
3. B Kovanova vs V Nebolsina  1-0441999RUS-ch U12 GirlsC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
4. Lagno vs V Nebolsina 1-0241999Wch U10 GirlsC24 Bishop's Opening
5. V Nebolsina vs V Kron  1-0502000MaestroC46 Three Knights
6. V Nebolsina vs Lagno  ½-½512000Wch U12 GirlsC46 Three Knights
7. A Pourkashiyan vs V Nebolsina  ½-½302000Wch U12 GirlsC42 Petrov Defense
8. B Katalymov vs V Nebolsina 1-03020016th Leg Russian CupC48 Four Knights
9. V Nebolsina vs N Korniushin  0-14420016th Leg Russian CupC00 French Defense
10. R Kaskevich vs V Nebolsina 0-13420016th Leg Russian CupC46 Three Knights
11. V Nebolsina vs E Ubiennykh  0-16520016th Leg Russian CupC46 Three Knights
12. A Konev vs V Nebolsina ½-½5520016th Leg Russian CupD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
13. V Nebolsina vs V Belogortsev  0-14620016th Leg Russian CupA04 Reti Opening
14. N Grebenschikova vs V Nebolsina  ½-½4320016th Leg Russian CupA12 English with b3
15. Anatoly Ivanov vs V Nebolsina 0-15320016th Leg Russian CupD02 Queen's Pawn Game
16. V Nebolsina vs N Nesterenko ½-½4020016th Leg Russian CupA07 King's Indian Attack
17. V Nebolsina vs S Yudin  0-1332001Novosibirsk OpenB40 Sicilian
18. S Podmarjkov vs V Nebolsina 0-1272001Novosibirsk OpenC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
19. V Nebolsina vs S Y Yakimov  0-1502001Novosibirsk OpenB01 Scandinavian
20. V Suslov vs V Nebolsina  1-0272001Novosibirsk OpenC42 Petrov Defense
21. V Nebolsina vs R Musaev  ½-½252001Novosibirsk OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
22. V Nebolsina vs Lagno  ½-½252002Int Youth Games U14 GirlsA07 King's Indian Attack
23. V Nebolsina vs V Permiakov  ½-½422004NovosibirskA43 Old Benoni
24. V Nebolsina vs A Pourkashiyan  0-1462004Wch U16 GirlsE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
25. V Nebolsina vs Y Hou  ½-½512005Jinan 3 Arrows CupA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
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Jun-25-05  Karpova: yes, the photo reports on chessbase.com are always very interesting and flamboyant.

i would prefer more analysis on the chess games

Oct-28-05  ChessVip: Anna Muzychuk is more talented than Vera Nebolsina
http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Belfort_A...
Oct-28-05  Karpova: Judith Polgar is more talented than Anna Muzychuk
http://www.clubedexadrez.com.br/ima...
Oct-28-05  ChessVip: you only can compare girls in the same age! Vera Nebolsina and Anna Muzychuk have 16 years old both...
Oct-28-05  Karpova: don't take it too seriously...
Nov-23-05  Karpova: Her result in the u18(w)-world chamionship:
43 WIM Nebolsina Vera 2278 RUS 6 2240

place 43, tournament performance below her rating - rather disappointing!

Jul-07-07  Karpova: http://www.chess-players.org/eng/ne...

Interview with IM Ilya Odessky. Some excerpts:

<I am interested in women's chess from the position of fairness, not strength – just as well as in women. If a woman comes to a door and opens it with her heavy shoulder, I am not interested in her. A woman should just stay exhaling fragrance and wait for me to open this door.>

<And what about women's events? Everything is clear. And if not, then it is most likely their problem, not yours. If a girl did not play 'your' move, she made a mistake, not you – and if you finally turn an engine on, it will confirm that you were right. I have to tell you that this is a rare pleasure you don't get elsewhere, following any other kind of sport.>

<As for my personal preferences, I give them all to Vera Nebolsina. There are several reasons for it. First, Vera is a vegetarian, a stubborn one. The girl does not eat fish and meet for ideological reasons – one can go crazy about it! Do as you wish, and I consider it a true feat.

Second, she wakes up at 7, sometimes even at 5. If I wake up before noon, it means I didn't sleep well and the day is spoiled. Vera rises at cock-crow, does morning exercises, takes a hardening shower (in my opinion, the Gestapo torture) – brr! She is a hero twice.

Knows non-Russian language – characteristically, French. She came to the '64' editorial office on a way – from where and where to, do you think? From China – to Moldova!>

Oct-09-07  pawnofdoom: She's not even the top seed at World Junior Championship (Girls) (2007) but she's gone off and is starting the tournament with a perfect 6/6 score! A full point ahead of second place
Oct-16-07  Karpova: Congratulations to Vera Nebolsina - the New U-20 Worldchampion (Girls section)! http://www.chess-results.com/tnr823...

10/13 points and a 2496 performance!

Oct-17-07  BIDMONFA: Vera Nebolsina

NEBOLSINA, Vera
http://www.bidmonfa.com/nebolsina_v...
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Nov-19-07  Udit Narayan: What a tremendous result!!! Congrats!!!
Jan-05-08  Eti fan: Another good tournament for Vera Nebolsina, this time in France. http://reports.chessdom.com/vandoeu...

She also did a nice simul with +17 =3 score

Feb-07-08  cbpatzer: Also an interview with photos, this girl could have been a model! http://interviews.chessdom.com/vera...
Aug-03-08  myschkin: . . .
Interview with the 10 year old <Vera Nebolsina> and <Valery Nebolsin>, her father and trainer:

http://www.chessib.com/intveraneb.h...

(by Boris Schipkov, 1.10.00)

Aug-29-08  SickedChess: Vera Nebolsina pic:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h...
Aug-29-08  Eti fan: I think she appears in this video.. and there is a chess song there http://reports.chessdom.com/wwcc-20...

(scroll down, it should be there :))

Dec-16-08  brankat: Happy Birthday Vera!
Dec-16-08  whiteshark: <19! <Happy Birthday!! <>>>
Dec-16-08  hackmate: She looks so much like one of my neighbors daughters its scary.
Sep-10-09  midi900: she just played in the Najdorf Memorial open
Nov-29-10  beenthere240: She certainly attacks when she wants too. See her performance in the 2010 women's supertournament.
Apr-16-16  sonia91: <won the U20 Girls' World Youth Chess Championship in 2007> Err, the U20 event is the World <Junior> Championship, not the World Youth, which include up to U18 category.

She is the girlfriend of Gata Kamsky: http://en.chessbase.com/post/you-ju...

Jun-05-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: < She is the girlfriend of Gata Kamsky: http://en.chessbase.com/post/you-ju... >

Ah, that explains it. In Round 1 of the Nezhmetdinov Memorial, she held top seed Gata Kamsky to a draw with black.

http://chess-results.com/tnr224048....

The next top seed not to win their R1 game was 14th seed GM Alexandr Predke, who lost with black to untitled Anastasia Mamontova.

Jan-05-17  PhilFeeley: Just won the Rilton Elo tournament with 9/9! Well done.

http://chess-results.com/tnr218812....

Apr-18-18  whiteshark: <PhilFeeley: Just won the Rilton Elo tournament with 9/9! Well done.> From the tournament page:

[Rd 8] "WGM Vera Nebolsina has been dominating the Elo group and today she won her eighth game in a row, when she was up against Anton Nizov, the only player on six points and one point behind Nebolsina, before today's round. This makes Nebolsina's victory guaranteed with one round left, two points ahead. Congratulations! "

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[Rd 9] "Yesterday we could already announce the winner of Rilton Elo WGM Vera Nebolsina after the fantastic result of eight wins in a row, but it did not end there since she also won her game today. An amazing total score of nine wins and a worthy winner. Congratulations! "

related photo: http://rilton.se/2016_2017/images/t...

Source: http://rilton.se/2016_2017/index.ht...

<She is the girlfriend of Gata Kamsky> : https://twitter.com/SWE_chess/statu...

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