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