Vyanla Punsalan | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Born | 2004 (age 19–20) |
Title | Woman FIDE Master (2018) |
Peak rating | 1989 (September 2022) |
Vyanla M Punsalan (born in 2004) is a New Zealand chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM) (2018), New Zealand Women's Chess Championship winner (2022).
In 2022 Vyanla Punsalan won New Zealand Women's Chess Championship.[1] In 2023 she ranked in 3rd place in Oceania Zonal Chess tournament.[2]
In 2023, in Baku Vyanla Punsalan participated in single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup and lost in 1st round to Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster Ulviyya Fataliyeva.[3]
Vyanla Punsalan played for New Zealand[4][5] in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
In 2018, she was awarded the Women FIDE Master (WFM) title.[citation needed]