VALENTINA GUNINA (born Feb-04-1989, 36 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Grandmaster (and WGM). Valentina Gunina was born in Murmansk. Her father was her first coach and taught her to play. She was Russian Champion in the Girls' under 10, under 14, under 16, under 18, and under 20 national competitions, and has also won the U12 European Youth Chess Championship in 2000, the U14 World Youth Chess Championship in 2003, the U16 European Youth Chess Championship in 2004, and the U18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2007. Her crowning achievement so far has been the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2011). She won the bronze medal on board 3 for the gold medal-winning women's Russian team at the European Team Championship (Women) (2011), repeating her feat from the 2009 edition of the event when she played reserve for the winning Russian team. A few weeks later in December 2011, she again won bronze, this time on board 4 for the silver winning Russian team at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship (2011). She scored at par (5.5/9) at the 2012 Moscow Open but then defeated front runner Anna Muzychuk in the last round to win the European Championship (Women) (2012), as well as adding a GM norm to her resume. A few days later at the same venue, Gunina won the 2012 European Women's Blitz Championship with a score of 15/20. In June 2012, she won the Women's World Blitz Championship with an incredible 13/15 (+11 =4), 2.5 points clear of the field (still more spectacular is her +17-0=0 in the 2010 Moscow Women's blitz event (1)).* Gunina qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) and defeated WGM Gu Xiaobing in the first round before bowing out in the second round after losing to veteran IM and WGM Alisa Galliamova. She scored 6/8 at the World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2017) for Russia(3). She picked up her 2nd GM norm when she scored 7/10 at the Gibraltar Masters (2013). In October 2013, she repeated her feat of 2011 and won the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2013) outright. She also won the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2014) and the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2021). Winner of the 2016 Super Rapidplay event at London Chess Classics with 9/10. Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women * http://chess-results.com/tnr73553.a... References / Sources (1) Wikipedia article: World records in chess, (2) Wikipedia article: Valentina Gunina, (3) http://ugra2017.fide.com/rating-sta... Last updated: 2021-10-26 15:17:10

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page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,614  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lagno vs V Gunina 1-0 51 1999 Wch U10 Girls C01 French, Exchange 2. V Gunina vs K A Martin   1-0 29 2001 EYCC G12 A56 Benoni Defense 3. O Kozjukova vs V Gunina   0-1 46 2001 EYCC G12 C50 Giuoco Piano 4. V Gunina vs I Ivakhinova   1-0 80 2001 EYCC G12 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 5. N Kostina vs V Gunina   0-1 45 2001 EYCC G12 A17 English 6. V Gunina vs N Darbinyan   1-0 34 2001 EYCC G12 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 7. I Werle vs V Gunina   1-0 50 2001 EYCC G12 B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 8. V Gunina vs I Merkulova   ½-½ 40 2001 EYCC G12 E81 King's Indian, Samisch 9. S R Sgircea vs V Gunina   ½-½ 57 2001 EYCC G12 C07 French, Tarrasch 10. V Gunina vs N Umudova   0-1 59 2001 EYCC G12 E92 King's Indian 11. Lagno vs V Gunina   ½-½ 36 2002 Int Youth Games U14 Girls C16 French, Winawer 12. V Gunina vs N Pogonina   0-1 56 2003 RUS-ch U20 Girls A59 Benko Gambit 13. N Pogonina vs V Gunina 1-0 27 2003 RUS-ch (Women) 1st League B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 14. N Pogonina vs V Gunina   1-0 51 2004 RUS-ch U20 Girls B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 15. V Gunina vs A Pourkashiyan   0-1 32 2004 Wch U16 Girls D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. V Gunina vs B Munguntuul   1-0 72 2005 Moscow Petrosian mem U20 A33 English, Symmetrical 17. N Pogonina vs V Gunina   1-0 45 2005 RUS-ch U20 Girls B01 Scandinavian 18. N Pogonina vs V Gunina   ½-½ 72 2005 RUS-ch (Women) 1st League C03 French, Tarrasch 19. T Kosintseva vs V Gunina   ½-½ 74 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) B12 Caro-Kann Defense 20. E Kovalevskaya vs V Gunina   1-0 114 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) A06 Reti Opening 21. V Gunina vs J Movsesian   ½-½ 72 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 22. Korbut vs V Gunina   0-1 49 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. V Gunina vs N Kosintseva   0-1 65 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 24. A Galliamova vs V Gunina   1-0 27 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 25. V Gunina vs Y Yakovich   1-0 37 2005 Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,614

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-13-05    Karpova: here's a picture of her (a bit small): http://wcn.tentonhammer.com/modules... Feb-14-06    WTHarvey: Here are some snappy combinations taken from Valentina's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/guni.html Happy Valentina's Day ! Jul-11-06    Appaz: This young talent just won the 56th Women Russian Championship a full point ahead of number two. Dec-20-07    Karpova: A WFM from Russia who was born in 1989. Pictures: http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgat... http://chessbase.com/news/2007/guni... Dec-20-07    Benzol: Suggestion for a pun. "Don't Cry For Me Valentina". Dec-20-07    stanleys: Very talented girl,but often plays superficially and fast Feb-04-09    brankat: Happy Birthday Valentina! Apr-01-09    wanabe2000: Here is a recent picture http://chesspics.com/albums/Beijing... May-11-09    stanleys: http://www.obninskchess.ru/photo_ar... Dec-23-09    tamar: Gunina is using her bright combinational talent to stay with the lead group this year. Best of luck Gunina. From an early round, Gunina sacrificed a piece to get this position. Gunina-Bodnarek click for larger view 25 Bxd6! Qxd6 26 g6 Rxf1+ 27 Rxf1 Qe7 28 Rf7 Qxf7 29 gxf7+ Kg7 30 Qh8+! Kxf7 31 bxc3 and Black could not develop without heavy material loss. Dec-27-09    OhioChessFan: Oh my, <stanleys> that pic is just begging for a caption contest. Feb-10-10    stanleys: Recent one: http://rsport.netorn.ru/mo10/06w/IM... May-11-10    GrahamClayton: <stanleys>Very talented girl,but often plays superficially and fast <stanleys> Gunina is ranked 18th on the ChessGames sacrifice list, which seems to back up your comments. Sep-01-10    YouRang: Chessbase article on the 64th Moscow Blitz Championship: <In the women's section WGM Valentina Gunina, member of the Russian National team, 21 years old and rated 2465, produced an incredible 100% result, winning all seventeen games she played.> Cute too: Front: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/... Back: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/... Sep-19-10    tamar: No perfect score in the Women's World Blitz, but third place, far higher than her rating would indicate. In the 28th round she beat tournament leader Lahno and briefly looked like she was going to ascend all the way to 2nd place. [Event "Final Women's World Chess Blitz Champion"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "28"] [White "Gunina, Valentina"] [Black "Lahno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "151"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qc2 a4 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. d5 Na5 15. e4 Bh3 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 c6 18. e6 f5 19. Be3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bd4 Bf6 22. Qe3 Nc4 23. Qh6 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 Qf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rh4 Qg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Ne6+ Kf6 31. Nc7 Rac8 32. Nxd5+ Kg7 33. Re1 e6 34. Ne3 Nxb2 35. Rb4 Nd3 36. Rxb7+ Kf6 37. Re2 g5 38. Ra7 Ra8 39. Rh7 Kg6 40. Rc7 a3 41. Nc4 Kf6 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Nxf5+ Kf6 45. Ne3 Nb2 46. Rc2 Rd8 47. Rc3 Ra8 48. Nc2 Nd1 49. Rxa3 Rd8 50. Ne3 Nb2 51. Rb3 Rd2 52. Nf1 Rc2 53. Rf3+ Kg6 54. Re3 Kf7 55. Kf3 Nc4 56. Re2 Rc3+ 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Ne3 Ne5+ 59. Kh3 Ra3 60. Ng4+ Nxg4 61. Kxg4 Ra4+ 62. Kh3 Kf5 63. f3 Ra3 64. Kg2 e5 65. g4+ Kf6 66. Kf2 Ke6 67. Rd2 e4 68. fxe4 Ke5 69. Re2 Kf4 70. e5 Kxg4 71. e6 Ra8 72. e7 Re8 73. a4 Kf5 74. Kg3 Kf6 75. Kg4 Kf7 76. a5 1-0 Oct-03-10    siggemannen: Good result at the recent Olympiad, saving the first team a couple of times. Will be interesting to see her against stronger competition to see if she can maintain the recent form. Oct-06-10    tamar: 6.5 points out of 7 for 2693 performance rating at Olympiad. At first she was playing alternately with Gallimova, but it was impossible to keep her out of the lineup, and she played and won in rds 9, 10 and 11. Nov-17-10    stanleys: Laughing with Olga Girya: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_S1YRAzjcVX8/T... Mar-31-11    OhioChessFan: http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... Seems to have a very carefree personality. Aug-19-11    plimko: Valentina had a good start at Russian Female Champ: [Event "Superfinal 61st Russian Women Championsh"] [Site "Moscow/Russia"] [Date "2011.08.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Zaiatz, Elena"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2419"] [BlackElo "2487"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. f4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. e5 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Nc5 19. Rd6 O-O 20. Qe3 Nd3 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Qd4 Rad8 23. Ne4 Nc8 24. bxc4 f5 25. c5 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Nxe5 0-1 Live games http://www.russiachess.org/online/2... My usual 2 cents on 'Scacchi Internazionali': http://biker60.wordpress.com/2011/0... Aug-28-11    plimko: Valentina Gunina is the new Russian Women Champion, in the last round draw in 21 moves with Kovanova. She played several interesting games with nice combinative style. Congratulations! Aug-28-11    twinlark: Congratulations, Valentina Gunina! Aug-29-11    BIDMONFA: Valentina Gunina GUNINA, Valentina http://www.bidmonfa.com/gunina_vale... _ Mar-09-12    Penguincw: Gunina won her game against Hoang Thanh Trang with white (V Gunina vs Hoang Thanh Trang, 2012) to tie a top the standings with Cristina Adela Foisor. Both have 5 wins, and 2 draws. A little bit of breathing room, with only 2 players half a point back and 8 one full point behind. I believe tomorrow they will battle it out for first (only 2 rounds left). Mar-13-12    stanleys: Congratulations to Valentina for winning the European women championship! World title is the only one she doesn't hold (yet) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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