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 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-01-14    cro777: The traditional chess match <Blondes vs Brunettes> in Moscow. In Carlson Moscow Restaurant (located on the roof of a modern business centre Central City Tower, with its awesome panoramic views on the Kremlin, Moscow river, and Zamoskvorechie), the team of blonde players headed by Gunina is competing in a 8-round blitz match against the team of brunettes. This is 4th edition of the April Fool’s Day blitz match. The Russians celebrate the day in the same way as much of the rest of the world, with "trust no one!" the motto. In the first edition (2011), everyone had been wondering whether it was an April Fool's Day hoax but it turned out to be a real event and a fun one at that. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkJSv0l... Apr-01-14    cro777: Méfiez-vous des blondes The blonde team convincingly won the April Fool’s Day blitz match in Moscow 48.5-32.5. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkJYgFV... Blondes and Brunettes in Carlson Restaurant on the roof of a modern business centre in Moscow. The restaurant is named after cartoon character Carlson, created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The cartoon adaptation became popularized in the Soviet Union and to this day, the adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the Russian cartoon industry, with Carlson being recognized as a national icon. Apr-02-14    cro777: Valentina Gunina and Maria Fominykh achieved best individual results scoring 8.5/9. http://chess-news.ru/sites/default/... The final chord of the evening was a tea party with a cake in the form of a chessboard - a gift from the restaurant chef. Aug-18-14    diceman: <The final chord of the evening was a tea party with a cake in the form of a chessboard - a gift from the restaurant chef.> Obviously not a chess player. It has a black square in each corner. 7x9. Aug-18-14    waustad: Here's one they did better: http://indulgewithme.blogspot.com/2... Dec-06-14    weisyschwarz: She's a beast!! Dec-07-14    Penguincw: Congrats to Valentina Gunina for winning the Russian Superfinals (Women) (2014). She finished with 7/9 (losing her first 2 but winning the next 7) to finish 1 point ahead of the 2nd place finisher, Galliamova. Gunina also gained 15.8 rating points to rise to a career high 2537.8 and the #7 on the women's rankings (which is also a career high). Dec-07-14    FairyPromotion: Congratulations to miss Gunina for winning her second national title in a row, and 3rd overall. I also wish her luck in the upcoming Tata Steel Challengers (former: Group B). Dec-09-14    HeMateMe: Way to go, champ! Mar-03-15    cro777: Blondes with Gunina and Girya defeated Brunettes in traditional match. The traditional 5th blitz match between "Blondes" and "Brunettes" took place on 3rd March at "Ostankino", a television and radio tower in Moscow. http://newtonplaza.ru/bg/NewtonPlaz... The playing format was Scheveningen with eight players in each team. The Blondes won with the score 34:30 to take the overall lead 3.5:1.5. In the earlier encounters Blondes won two matches, Brunettes were better in one, while one match was tied. Blondes (with yellow roses): Gunina, Girya, Vasilevich, Grabuzova, Zakurdyaeva, Fominykh, Bivol (the best individual result 6/8) and Dogodkina. http://chess-news.ru/sites/default/... Brunettes (with red roses): Kashlinskaya (the best individual result 7/8), Matveeva, Mirzoeva, Harmunova, Pustovoytova, Bezgodova, Gvanceladze and Bogumil. http://chess-news.ru/sites/default/... Jul-04-15    siggemannen: anyone knows Gunina's next tourney? Jul-04-15    Nerwal: At the latest, the Russian Championships in August (where she won thrice in the last four years) Nov-22-15    Bruce Graham: Gunina's full on style is in evidence at the European Team Championships: no draws. Feb-04-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM (and WGM) Valentina Gunina. Feb-05-16    sonia91: Happy belated birthday! Thanks to her result in Gibraltar, she is now back to 2500+ club. Feb-15-16    Bruce Graham: Gunina attacked in Iran: http://www.chess-news.ru/en/node/21... May-02-16    cro777: Gunina convincingly won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Batumi 2016 scoring 7.5/11. By winning the key game against Zhao Xue in the 10th round Gunina had ensured the victory with one round to go. https://twitter.com/Chess__News/sta... Jun-13-16    posoo: lolololol LOOK at da man beHIND her strate CREEPING trying NOT to look at da lady but ALSO tryna get EVERY LOOK he can steal! Most men are LOOMERS, dont know how to approche da women like da old posoo dos! Oct-08-16    siggemannen: <posoo> That's her couch / team leader i think :P Or were you speaking about your own experiences with the ladies? :D Oct-08-16    siggemannen: Anyone knows what's Gunina up to next, chesswise? She did quite solid at the Olympics, at least result-wise Nov-27-16    technical draw: Thanks for the pronunciation audio. I had her name all wrong. Nov-27-16    Dionysius1: <cro777>. That's awful in the photo. All the blondes have the black pieces. It does my head in! Nov-28-16    HeMateMe: where was Natalie Pogonina in the Blondes v. Brunettes match? Dec-18-16    sonia91: Congrats on winning the Super Rapidplay event at London Chess Classics with 9/10! http://chess-results.com/tnr251649.... https://twitter.com/london_chess/st...<Valentina Gunina has beaten McShane & wins the Super Rapidplay with 9/10! What a stunning performance - congratulations!> Dec-21-16    Bruce Graham: Seconding <sonia91> congratulations to Gunina: http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-fi... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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