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Alua Nurman is Asian Individual Women Blitz Chess Champion

Alua Nurman is Asian Individual Women Blitz Chess Champion 2025. Alua Nurman finished with the same points as Valentina Gunina, but received the gold medal on tiebreak. Scroll down for the full standings

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Alua Nurman, born April 25, 2007, is a Kazakhstani chess prodigy who earned the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2024 at age 17, marking her as a rising star in the chess world. She has an impressive record, including a team silver medal at the 2023 World Women’s Team Chess Championship and another at the 2024 Women’s Chess Olympiad in Budapest, where she scored +6, =2, -2 on the fourth board. Nurman also won the Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championships in the girls’ U14 (2020) and U16 (2022) categories, and secured gold in blitz and bronze in classical chess at the 2019 Asian Youth Chess Championship (U12). Currently she is 16th in the FIDE Top Girls list

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Asian Individual Women Blitz Chess Championship final standings


1 WGM Nurman, Alua KAZ 2280 7.5
2 GM Gunina, Valentina FID 2376 7.5
3 IM Song, Yuxin CHN 2361 7
4 IM Padmini, Rout IND 2229 7
5 WFM Kaliakhmet, Elnaz KAZ 2138 7
6 WCM Bayasgalan, Khishigbaatar MGL 2226 6.5
7 WGM Balabayeva, Xeniya KAZ 2257 6.5
8 WIM Potapova, Margarita FID 2223 6.5
9 IM Garifullina, Leya FID 2420 6
10 WGM Kurmangaliyeva, Liya KAZ 2175 6
11 WIM Latifah, Laysa INA 2049 6
12 WIM Khamdamova, Afruza UZB 2272 6
13 GM Lagno, Kateryna FID 2452 6
14 IM Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel MGL 2270 6
15 WCM Khalilova, Madinabonu UZB 2031 5.5
16 Jiang, Tianyu CHN 2112 5.5
17 WIM Kairbekova, Amina KAZ 2053 5.5
18 WIM Galas, Bernadette PHI 2127 5.5
19 WCM Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene MGL 2284 5.5
20 WFM Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon UZB 1916 5.5
21 WIM Serikbay, Assel KAZ 2104 5.5
22 WIM Omonova, Umida UZB 2282 5.5
23 WIM Chitlange, Sakshi IND 2059 5.5
24 WGM Gong, Qianyun SGP 2133 5.5
25 WIM Fisabilillah, Ummi INA 2112 5.5
26 WGM Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh MGL 2131 5.5
27 WIM Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini SRI 1980 5.5
28 WFM Nurgaliyeva, Zarina KAZ 2037 5
29 WCM Buyankhishig, Batpelden MGL 1875 5
30 WCM Salimova, Asal UZB 1870 5
31 WFM Enkhrii, Enkh-Amgalan MGL 1993 5
32 WIM Fronda, Jan Jodilyn PHI 2191 5
33 WCM Emujin, Enkh-Amgalan MGL 1942 5
34 IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2235 5
35 WIM Sihite, Chelsie Monica Ignesias INA 2244 5
36 WFM Dorokhina, Elizaveta FID 2136 5
37 IM Aulia, Medina Warda INA 2232 5
38 WGM Kiran, Manisha Mohanty IND 2073 4.5
39 WGM Rakshitta, Ravi IND 2262 4.5
40 WIM Kaldarova, Ayaulym KAZ 1988 4.5
41 IM Batkhuyag, Munguntuul MGL 2313 4.5
42 WIM Vishwa, Vasnawala IND 2099 4.5
43 WGM Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2215 4.5
44 WIM Nadirjanova, Nodira UZB 1996 4
45 WIM Priyanka, K IND 1984 4
46 WIM Luong, Phuong Hanh VIE 2058 4
47 IM Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim UZB 2131 4
48 WCM Almaamari, Zainab Darwish UAE 1832 4
49 WGM Munkhzul, Turmunkh MGL 2325 4
50 WCM Sanudula, K M Dahamdi SRI 1974 4
51 WFM Zairbek Kyzy, Begimai KGZ 1936 4
52 WFM Mikheeva, Galina FID 2053 4
53 WGM Frayna, Janelle Mae PHI 2316 4
54 IM Savitha, Shri B IND 2215 4
55 WCM Olimova, Odina UZB 1642 4
56 Orazmukhammedova, Makhim UZB 1833 4
57 Arya, G Mallar IND 1675 4
58 Zhou, Shumeng CHN 1731 3.5
59 WCM Aktamova, Zilola UZB 1823 3.5
60 WFM Shokirjonova, Barchinoy UZB 1737 3.5
61 WGM Priyanka, Nutakki IND 2214 3.5
62 Olimova, Rukiya UZB 1735 3.5
63 WIM Malikova, Marjona UZB 1945 3.5
64 WFM Arshiya, Das IND 1950 3
65 Naransolongo, Zorigoo MGL 1667 3
66 Naranzaya, Zorigoo MGL 1672 3
67 WFM Pragnya, H G IND 1695 3
68 WIM Ahlam, Rashed UAE 1748 3
69 WCM Nandinjiguur, Chinzorig MGL 1704 3
70 Sananda, R IND 1670 3
71 WCM Sun, Wanyao Sarah NZL 1728 3
72 Ananya, Raman IND 1815 3
73 IM Mohota, Nisha IND 2036 3
74 WGM Citra, Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia INA 2158 2.5
75 WIM Boshra, Alshaeby JOR 1927 2.5
76 WFM Noshin, Anjum BAN 1886 2
77 WCM Mariam, Essa UAE 1738 2
78 WCM Aminath, Sara Haleem MDV 1720 2
79 WGM Srija, Seshadri IND 2055 1.5
80 Al Aisaee, Anat OMA 1684 1.5
81 WCM Fawaz, Nadia LBN 1725 1
82 IM Vantika, Agrawal IND 2351 0
83 WFM Yakimova, Mariya FID 2183 0
84 WGM Alinasab, Mobina IRI 2132 0
85 WFM Mohammadi, Melika IRI 2060 0
86 WGM Zhapova, Yana FID 1991 0