Leya Garifullina | |
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![]() Leya Garifullina at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | |
Country | Russia (until 2022) FIDE (since 2022) |
Born | 5 November 2004 |
Title | International Master (2022) Woman Grandmaster (2020) |
FIDE rating | 2430 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2427 (April 2024) |
Leya Garifullina (born 5 November 2004) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).[1]
She won the Girls Under-16 World Championship in 2019 in Bombay with 8.5 points out of 11.[2] She tied for third in the Russian Women's Chess championship in December 2020.[3]
She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where, ranked 44th, she beat Zenia Corrales Jiménez in the first round, before upsetting Olga Girya in the second round.[4][5]