Gunina, Valentina (04.02.1989)

Russian chess Grandmaster (2013) is born in Murmansk, Russia.

Women’s European Individual Chess Champion (2012, 2014, 2018). Russian Women’s Champion (2011, 2013, 2014). She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the Women’s Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, 2014 and at the Women’s European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015.

Best results: European Youth Championship 2000 – Girls U12, 1st; World Youth Championship 2003 – Girls U14, 1st; Women’s Russian Championship Higher League 2006, 1st (qualified for the Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal); European Youth Championship 2007 – Girls U16, 1st; World Youth Championship 2007 – Girls U18, 1st; Women’s Russian Championship Higher League 2008, 1st (qualified for the Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal); Russian junior (under 20) girls championship 2009, 1st; Women’s World Blitz Championship 2012 in Batumi, 1st; Women’s World Championship 2012, 2nd round; Russian women’s rapid chess championship 2014 in Saint Petersburg, 1st; Women’s World Chess Championship 2015, 3rd round; Moscow Women’s Blitz Championship 2015, 1st; European – ACP Women Ch (Rapid) 2015 in Kutaisi, 2nd; FIDE Women Grand Prix Series (Stage-2) 2016 in Batumi, 1st; London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Open 2016, 1st; The Cairns Cup 2019, in Saint Louis, 1st.

On 25 October 2014, she was awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, 1st class “for great contribution to the development of physical culture and sport, the high sporting achievements at the XXXXI World Chess Olympiad in Tromsø (Norway)”.

Peak rating: 2548 in June 2015