The chess games of Valentina Gunina

V Gunina

WGM Valentina Gunina plays while GM Yury Dokhoian watches, 2011.
Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia.

Valentina Gunina
Number of games in database: 384
Years covered: 1999 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2514
Highest rating achieved in database: 2533
Overall record: +157 -77 =69 (63.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      81 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

King's Indian (28)
    E81 E63 E92 E61 E83
Queen's Indian (24)
    E15 E17 E18 E16
Queen's Gambit Declined (20)
    D38 D37 D31 D30 D39
Queen's Pawn Game (17)
    A46 A40 A41 E10 D00
Modern Benoni (14)
    A57 A56 A64 A61 A58
Semi-Slav (13)
    D43 D44 D45

With the Black pieces:

Caro-Kann (57)
    B18 B12 B10 B14 B13
Slav (39)
    D16 D17 D10 D12 D11
French Defense (13)
    C11 C03 C05 C07 C16
Sicilian (13)
    B26 B31 B22 B90 B52
Tarrasch Defense (10)
    D34 D32
King's Indian Attack (10)
    A07

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   V Gunina vs A Muzychuk, 2012 1-0
   V Gunina vs A Bodnaruk, 2006 1-0
   V Gunina vs A Bodnaruk, 2009 1-0
   V Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, 2013 1-0

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VALENTINA GUNINA
(born Feb-04-1989) Russia

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Grandmaster (and WGM).

Valentina Gunina was born in Murmansk. Her father was her first coach and taught her to play. She was Russian Champion in the Girls’ under 10, under 14, under 16, under 18, and under 20 national competitions, and has also won the U12 European Youth Chess Championship in 2000, the U14 World Youth Chess Championship in 2003, the U16 European Youth Chess Championship in 2004, and the U18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2007. Her crowning achievement so far has been the Russian Women's Superfinals (2011). She won the bronze medal on board 3 for the gold medal-winning women's Russian team at the European Team Championship (Women) (2011), repeating her feat from the 2009 edition of the event when she played reserve for the winning Russian team.

A few weeks later in December 2011, she again won bronze, this time on board 4 for the silver winning Russian team at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship (2011). She scored at par (5.5/9) at the 2012 Moscow Open but then defeated front runner Anna Muzychuk in the last round to win the European Individual Women's Championship (2012), as well as adding a GM norm to her resume. A few days later at the same venue, Gunina won the 2012 European Women's Blitz Championship with a score of 15/20. In June 2012, she won the Women's World Blitz Championship with an incredible 13/15 (+11 =4), 2.5 points clear of the field.* Gunina qualified for the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated WGM Gu Xiaobing in the first round before bowing out in the second round after losing to veteran IM and WGM Alisa Galliamova. She picked up her 2nd GM norm when she scored 7/10 at the Tradewise Gibraltar (2013).

Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women * http://chess-results.com/tnr73553.a...

Wikipedia article: Valentina Gunina

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Lahno vs V Gunina	1-0	51	1999	Wch U10 Girls	C01 French, Exchange
2. V Gunina vs N Umudova	0-1	59	2001	EYCC G12	E92 King's Indian
3. N Kharmunova vs V Gunina	0-1	45	2001	EYCC G12	A17 English
4. S R Sgircea vs V Gunina	½-½	57	2001	EYCC G12	C07 French, Tarrasch
5. V Gunina vs I Ivakhinova	1-0	80	2001	EYCC G12	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
6. V Gunina vs I Merkulova	½-½	40	2001	EYCC G12	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
7. O Kozjukova vs V Gunina	0-1	46	2001	EYCC G12	C50 Giuoco Piano
8. I Paulet vs V Gunina	1-0	50	2001	EYCC G12	B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
9. V Gunina vs K Martin	1-0	29	2001	EYCC G12	A56 Benoni Defense
10. V Gunina vs N Darbinyan	1-0	34	2001	EYCC G12	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
11. Lahno vs V Gunina	½-½	36	2002	Int Youth Games U14 Girls	C16 French, Winawer
12. N Pogonina vs V Gunina	1-0	27	2003	RUS-ch (Women) 1st League	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. N Pogonina vs V Gunina	1-0	51	2004	RUS-ch U20 Girls	B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
14. A Corke vs V Gunina	1-0	40	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	D62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
15. Y Hamrakulova vs V Gunina	1-0	104	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
16. T Kosintseva vs V Gunina	½-½	74	2005	ch-RUS w	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
17. N Pogonina vs V Gunina	½-½	72	2005	RUS-ch (Women) 1st League	C03 French, Tarrasch
18. V Gunina vs A Gavrilova	1-0	39	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	A58 Benko Gambit
19. V Gunina vs D Harika	0-1	66	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	A56 Benoni Defense
20. V Gunina vs J Ferry	1-0	45	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
21. N Pogonina vs V Gunina	1-0	45	2005	RUS-ch U20 Girls	B01 Scandinavian
22. V Gunina vs M Congiu	1-0	35	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	E15 Queen's Indian
23. S Amed vs V Gunina	0-1	44	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
24. H Leks vs V Gunina	0-1	46	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
25. V Gunina vs A Baptista	1-0	32	2005	BELFORT YWCC Girls under 16	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense


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Oct-03-10		siggemannen: Good result at the recent Olympiad, saving the first team a couple of times. Will be interesting to see her against stronger competition to see if she can maintain the recent form.

Oct-06-10		tamar: 6.5 points out of 7 for 2693 performance rating at Olympiad. At first she was playing alternately with Gallimova, but it was impossible to keep her out of the lineup, and she played and won in rds 9, 10 and 11.

Nov-17-10		stanleys: Laughing with Olga Girya: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_S1YRAzjcVX8/T...

Mar-31-11		OhioChessFan: http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... Seems to have a very carefree personality.

Aug-19-11		plimko: Valentina had a good start at Russian Female Champ: [Event "Superfinal 61st Russian Women Championsh"] [Site "Moscow/Russia"] [Date "2011.08.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Zaiatz, Elena"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2419"] [BlackElo "2487"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 dxc4 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. f4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. e5 Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Nc5 19. Rd6 O-O 20. Qe3 Nd3 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Qd4 Rad8 23. Ne4 Nc8 24. bxc4 f5 25. c5 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Nxe5 0-1 Live games http://www.russiachess.org/online/2... My usual 2 cents on 'Scacchi Internazionali': http://biker60.wordpress.com/2011/0...

Aug-28-11		plimko: Valentina Gunina is the new Russian Women Champion, in the last round draw in 21 moves with Kovanova. She played several interesting games with nice combinative style. Congratulations!

Aug-28-11		twinlark: Congratulations, Valentina Gunina!

Aug-29-11		BIDMONFA: Valentina Gunina GUNINA, Valentina http://www.bidmonfa.com/gunina_vale... _

Mar-09-12		Penguincw: Gunina won her game against Hoang Thanh Trang with white (V Gunina vs Hoang Thanh Trang, 2012) to tie a top the standings with Cristina Adela Foisor. Both have 5 wins, and 2 draws. A little bit of breathing room, with only 2 players half a point back and 8 one full point behind. I believe tomorrow they will battle it out for first (only 2 rounds left).

Mar-13-12		stanleys: Congratulations to Valentina for winning the European women championship! World title is the only one she doesn't hold (yet)

Mar-13-12		Harvestman: Congratulations. Winning against the leader (and highest rated player) in the final round to take the title on tiebreaks.

Jun-05-12		twinlark: Well done and congratulations to IM Gunina for taking out the World Women's Blitz with her incredible score. Out of 15 games, she drew 4 and won the rest.

Jun-06-12		ketchuplover: cosigned!

Jun-06-12		whiteshark: I'm in!

Jun-07-12		stanleys: Congratulations to Valentina! (Besides her incredible chess talent she is also the most smiling player in the world in my opinion)

Nov-29-12		Nightsurfer: Herewith a portrait of <Valentina Gunina>, please check out http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... ; <Valentina Gunina> will compete at the <7th International Ladies Chess Gala> of the German daily <"neues deutschland"> on up-coming <November 30th, 2012> at Berlin, please read more: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... !

Dec-03-12		waustad: Coming from Murmansk, is she the chess master from the furthest North? She'll be one of the "snowdrops" this year at http://www.praguechess.cz/poradane-...

Dec-03-12		pawn to QB4: Sergey Smagin, born in Norilsk; makes her a Southerner.

Dec-06-12		Nightsurfer: <Valentina Gunina> has won the <7th International Ladies Chess Gala> of the German daily <"neues deutschland"> at Berlin on November 30th, 2012, herewith the final report with the final score: http://www.neues-deutschland.de/art... !

Dec-12-12		John Abraham: Baby faced killer!

Feb-04-13		Llawdogg: Happy 24th Birthday!

Mar-07-13		HeMateMe: She's a Murmansker. I don't think they serve tropical drinks in the bars, up there. Even the polar bears wear wetsuits.

Mar-08-13		John Abraham: Valentina played a wonderful game recently...full of tactics and ideas, it's a very beautifully complex game...wonderful play V Gunina vs Ju Wenjun, 2013

Mar-08-13		HeMateMe: ^^Definitely an exciting game. Carlsen had a similar position in London I think, this year, but with fewer pieces on the board. One of those games where the defenders rooks are badly coordinated and multiple threats hang everywhere.

May-07-13		Natalia Pogonina: Grats to Valya on becoming the 29th woman in chess history to earn the GM title. Full list: 1978 Gaprindashvili 1984 Chiburdanidze 1991 Polgar Susan, Xie Jun 1992 Polgar Judit, Cramling 2001 Zhu Chen 2002 Humpy, Stefanova 2004 Kosteniuk, Peng 2007 Hoang Thanh, Lahno, Xu Yuhua 2008 Dzagnidze, Sebag, Socko, Zhao Xue 2009 Arakhamia-Grant, Hou Yifan, Kosintseva Tatiana 2010 Cmilyte, Zhukova, Danielian 2011 Kosintseva Nadezhda, Dronavalli 2012 Muzychuk Anna, Ushenina 2013 Gunina

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WGM Valentina Gunina plays while GM Yury Dokhoian watches, 2011. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia.