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FM Liya Kurmangaliyeva

Full name

Liya Kurmangaliyeva

Born

1/1/2005 (age 20)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Kazakhstan

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

French Defense: Advance, Wade Variation (2 games)

French Defense: Advance, Paulsen, Euwe Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Karpov Variation (2 games)

Dutch Defense (1 games)

Black Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (4 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation (3 games)

London System (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2616) Vladimir Pozdeev (2261)	1-0	30	2025
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2608) Marija Kuznecova (2457)	1-0	49	2025
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2601) Kirill Kopjonkin (2472)	0-1	33	2025
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2616) Pranav Sairam (2421)	0-1	28	2025
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2529) Bojan Maksimovic (2875)	1-0	43	2024
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2522) Gerardo Fernandez Hernandez (2320)	1-0	37	2024
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2551) Nino Maisuradze (2312)	1-0	67	2024
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2557) Ilya Gutkin (2437)	1-0	19	2024
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2559) Patryk Cieslak (2777)	1-0	64	2024
Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2531) Kirill Alekseenko (3023)	1-0	61	2024

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