Valentina Gunina

Quick Facts

Full Name	Valentina Gunina
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1989(1989-02-04)
Age	35
Birthplace	Murmansk
Country	Russia
Horoscope	Pisces

Valentina Gunina Biography

Valentina Gunina is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 4, 1989 in Murmansk, Russia. Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina (Russian: Валентина Евгеньевна Гунина ; born February 4, 1989 in Murmansk) is a Russian chess grandmaster. She has won thrice the Women’s European Individual Chess Championship (2012, 2014, 2018) and three times the Russian Women’s Championship (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.

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)”.

Gunina won the 2016 London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Open in one of the best performances for a female at a top level chess tournament, defeating several male Grandmasters along the way.

In late May 2019, Valentina faced American GM Irina Krush in the quarterfinal match of the 2019 Women’s Speed Chess Championship, an online blitz and bullet competition hosted by Chess.com. Valentina dominated the match and won with an overall score of 24–5.

In 2012, she won the Women’s World Blitz Championship in Batumi, Georgia. In the same year, Gunina competed for the first time in the Women’s World Championship: she defeated Gu Xiaobing in the first round, then she was knocked out by Alisa Galliamova in round two. Gunina won the Russian women’s rapid chess championship 2014 in Saint Petersburg.

Valentina Gunina Net Worth

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

Gunina won the gold medal in the 2000 European under-12 girls championship, 2003 world U14 girls championship, 2004 European U16 girls championship and in the 2007 world U18 girls championship. She was the bronze medalist in the 2006 European U18 girls championship.

In 2006, she won the Women’s Russian Championship Higher League scoring 7/9 and qualified for the Russian Women’s Championship Superfinal. She placed eleventh with 2.5/11. In 2008, she won for the second time the Women’s Russian Championship Higher League with 7.5/9. In the Superfinal she scored 4/9. In 2009, she won the Russian junior (under 20) girls championship.

In January 2015, she took part in the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, where she scored 5/13. At the Women’s World Chess Championship 2015 Gunina made it to the third round, where she was eliminated by Pia Cramling, after knocking out Camilla Baginskaite and Olga Girya. In September 2015, she won the Moscow Women’s Blitz Championship.

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Facts & Trivia

Valentina Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Russia. Valentina Gunina celebrates birthday on February 4 of every year.

Top Facts about Valentina Gunina

1. Valentina Gunina is a Russian chess grandmaster.
2. She was born on February 4, 1989 in Murmansk, Russia.
3. Gunina became the Women’s World Blitz Chess Champion in 2012.
4. She has won three gold medals at the Chess Olympiad.
5. In 2018, she won the Women’s European Individual Chess Championship.
6. Gunina has a peak rating of 2535 Elo points.
7. She has been playing chess since she was six years old.
8. Gunina is known for her aggressive and tactical style of play.
9. She has competed in numerous international tournaments around the world.
10. As of May 2021, she is ranked as the number four female chess player in Russia and number nine in the world by FIDE ratings.