Natalia Pogonina

Quick Facts

Full Name	Natalia Pogonina
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1985(1985-03-09)
Age	39
Birthplace	Vladivostok
Country	Russia
Birth City	Primorsky Krai
Horoscope	Pisces

Natalia Pogonina Biography

Natalia Pogonina is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on March 9, 1985 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. Russian Grandmaster in Chess, who is also one of the most highly ranked female players in the game.

She could easily be compared with Grandmaster She can easily be compared to Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk..

Pogonina learned to play chess at the age of five, as her grandfather taught her the basics of the game. She has been studying chess since 1993 after winning the school’s checkers tournament.

She achieved notice for the first time in 1998 when she won the Russian under-14 girls championship. Natalia Pogonina has won two gold medals at the European Youth Chess Championship, in the U16 girls category in 2000 and U18 girls in 2003. In 2004, Natalia Pogonina was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster. Some of her other victories are winning the Bykova Memorial in 2005, Rudenko Memorial in 2007, bronze medal at North Urals Cup tournament and sharing first place at the women’s World University Chess Championship in 2008.

Her family encouraged her to pursue chess and helped her become a child prodigy.

Natalia Pogonina Net Worth

Natalia Pogonina is one of the richest Chess Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Natalia Pogonina 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At five years old, she learned chess from her grandfather and won the 1998 Russian Girls Under-14 National Championship.

She won her first tournament in checkers, not chess, and has been a winner of the European Chess Championships for girls three times.

Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (Russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна Пого́нина ; born 9 March 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the runner-up of the Women’s World Chess Championship 2015. She is a two time Russian Women’s Champion (in 2012 and 2018).

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In 2012, she played eight of the eleven rounds on the reserve board (board 5) for the Russian women’s team, which won the gold medal at the 40th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. She scored +6=1-1 and won the gold medal for her individual performance on board 5. In 2014, she played for the Russian women’s team and won another gold medal at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø.

Facts & Trivia

Natalia Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Natalia Pogonina celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

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