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Valentina Gunina was born on 4 February, 1989 in Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, is a Russian chess grandmaster (born 1989). Discover Valentina Gunina's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 35 years old?
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35 years old |
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Aquarius |
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4 February, 1989 |
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4 February |
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Murmansk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
Russia
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She is a member of famous grandmaster with the age 35 years old group.
Valentina Gunina Height, Weight & Measurements
At 35 years old, Valentina Gunina height not available right now. We will update Valentina Gunina's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Valentina Gunina Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Valentina Gunina worth at the age of 35 years old? Valentina Gunina’s income source is mostly from being a successful grandmaster. She is from Russia. We have estimated Valentina Gunina's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina (Валентина Евгеньевна Гунина; born February 4, 1989, in Murmansk) is a Russian chess grandmaster.
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 the Women's Russian Championship Higher League for the second time with a score of 7.5/9.
In the Superfinal she scored 4/9.
In 2009, she won the Russian junior (under 20) girls championship.
She was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, 2014, at the Women's European Team Chess Championships of 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and at the Women's World Team Chess Championship of 2017.
She is the two-time World Blitz Chess Champion (2012 and 2023), has won the Women's European Individual Chess Championship three times (2012, 2014, 2018), and has won the Russian Women's Championship five times (2011, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022).
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.
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)".
Together with 43 other Russian elite chess players, Gunina signed an open letter to Russian president Vladimir Putin, protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressing solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
In January 2015, she took part in the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, where she scored 5/13.
In September 2015, she won the Moscow Women's Blitz Championship.
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 February 2019, she became the first ever winner of The Cairns Cup, in Saint Louis, as she ended victoriously the tournament with 7 out of 9.
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 December 2023, Valentina won the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship 2023 with a score of 14/17 (+12-1=4).
