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 2 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-13-12    Harvestman: Congratulations. Winning against the leader (and highest rated player) in the final round to take the title on tiebreaks. Jun-05-12    twinlark: Well done and congratulations to IM Gunina for taking out the World Women's Blitz with her incredible score. Out of 15 games, she drew 4 and won the rest. Jun-06-12    ketchuplover: cosigned! Jun-06-12    whiteshark: I'm in! Jun-07-12    stanleys: Congratulations to Valentina! (Besides her incredible chess talent she is also the most smiling player in the world in my opinion) Nov-29-12    Nightsurfer: Herewith a portrait of <Valentina Gunina>, please check out http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... ; <Valentina Gunina> will compete at the <7th International Ladies Chess Gala> of the German daily <"neues deutschland"> on up-coming <November 30th, 2012> at Berlin, please read more: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... ! Dec-03-12    waustad: Coming from Murmansk, is she the chess master from the furthest North? She'll be one of the "snowdrops" this year at http://www.praguechess.cz/poradane-... Dec-03-12    pawn to QB4: Sergey Smagin, born in Norilsk; makes her a Southerner. Dec-06-12    Nightsurfer: <Valentina Gunina> has won the <7th International Ladies Chess Gala> of the German daily <"neues deutschland"> at Berlin on November 30th, 2012, herewith the final report with the final score: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... ! Dec-12-12    John Abraham: Baby faced killer! Feb-04-13    Llawdogg: Happy 24th Birthday! Mar-07-13    HeMateMe: She's a Murmansker. I don't think they serve tropical drinks in the bars, up there. Even the polar bears wear wetsuits. Mar-08-13    John Abraham: Valentina played a wonderful game recently...full of tactics and ideas, it's a very beautifully complex game...wonderful play V Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, 2013 Mar-08-13    HeMateMe: ^^Definitely an exciting game. Carlsen had a similar position in London I think, this year, but with fewer pieces on the board. One of those games where the defenders rooks are badly coordinated and multiple threats hang everywhere. May-07-13    Natalia Pogonina: Grats to Valya on becoming the 29th woman in chess history to earn the GM title. Full list: 1978 Gaprindashvili 1984 Chiburdanidze 1991 Polgar Susan, Xie Jun 1992 Polgar Judit, Cramling 2001 Zhu Chen 2002 Humpy, Stefanova 2004 Kosteniuk, Peng 2007 Hoang Thanh, Lahno, Xu Yuhua 2008 Dzagnidze, Sebag, Socko, Zhao Xue 2009 Arakhamia-Grant, Hou Yifan, Kosintseva Tatiana 2010 Cmilyte, Zhukova, Danielian 2011 Kosintseva Nadezhda, Dronavalli 2012 Muzychuk Anna, Ushenina 2013 Gunina May-31-13    whiteshark: Congratulations! (Approved by FIDE's 2nd quarter Presidential Board 2013 meeting held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 4-7 May 2013.) Oct-11-13    Karpova: All smiles: http://www.chessbase.com/Portals/4/... Oct-11-13    Shams: <Karpova> Add some jangly earrings and put her in a synth-pop duo! Oct-13-13    Conrad93: She was the only undefeated player at the Russian Super Finals (Women). Pretty impressive. Oct-14-13    Calar: Congrats on becoming 2013 Russian Women Chess Champion :) Oct-26-13    The Last Straw: Good work! Nov-26-13    Nightsurfer: <Valentina Gunina> wants to win the up-coming rapid chess tournament <"International Ladies Chess Gala 2013"> - that is organized by the German daily <"neues deutschland"> - in Berlin on November 28th, 2013, for the second time. Herewith a (German-language) portrait of <Valentina Gunina> with regard to her trip to Berlin: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... Dec-01-13    Karpova: Congratulations on winning the 8th ND-Damen-Schachgala, November 28, 2013: 1. Gunina 3.0 2. Pähtz 2.0 3. Michna 1.0 4. Bjerke 0.0 Gunina went on to beat Pähtz 1.5-0.5 in the final. Report and games: http://de.chessbase.com/post/gunina... Dec-01-13    waustad: Here is a chessbase article on the win (in German): http://de.chessbase.com/post/gunina... Feb-04-14    whiteshark: С днём рождения! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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