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WFM Zarina Nurgaliyeva

Full name

Zarina Nurgaliyeva

Born

1/1/2009 (age 16)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Kazakhstan

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: French Variation (4 games)

French Defense: Exchange Variation (3 games)

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (2 games)

Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (2 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

Scotch Game (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (1 games)

King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation (1 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2577) Sasa Pantelic (2134)	1-0	52	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2565) Arseniy Astafurov (2411)	1-0	44	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2562) Emilia Sprzeczka (2381)	1-0	56	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2591) Tikhon Popov (2731)	1-0	40	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2586) Lennis Martinez Ramirez (2738)	1-0	38	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2571) Alexei Kornev (2814)	1-0	44	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2543) Igor Dubrovich (2298)	1-0	52	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2565) Sandi Stojanovski (2428)	0-1	34	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2582) Khagan Ahmad (2776)	½-½	86	2025
Zarina Nurgaliyeva (2502) Leonardo Vincenti (2211)	1-0	37	2024

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