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Gunina, Valentina

Gunina, Valentina

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FIDEFIDE 4167570· Female· FIDE (no federation)· Born in 1989

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Valentina Gunina, a 37-year-old Grandmaster, is rated 2374 and ranked 67th among women worldwide. She has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Superfinal Women Championship 2025, FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025, and FIDE Women's World Cup 2025. Also played 11 rapid (including Chess Stars-2025 5.0 rapid) and 14 blitz events (including Chess Stars-2025 5.0 blitz) recently. Her peak of 2548 was reached at age 26 (Jun 2015, World #438 at the time).

Competes for FIDE (no federation) since Feb 2023. Awarded GM in 2013 (age 24), WGM in 2010 (age 21), IM in 2011 (age 22), and WFM in 2001 (age 12). At junior level, she reached World #66 in U20, World #84 in U18, World #29 in U16, World #47 in U14 and World #50 in U12.

Current rating

2374

Standard

Rpd2306·Blz2315

All-time high

2548

−174 pts below
Jun 2015 · age 26

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Women #67

#67 · women worldwide · of 23,136

Career timeline

28 entries
2023
Switched federation: RUS → FID
at age 34
Feb 2023
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 30
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 30
Jan 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Dec 2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Jul 2017
1,000 career games
at age 28
Jan 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nana DzagnidzeGM 2,505
FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 · Jul 2025 · +6.2 Elo
Evolution
-42
2416 → 2374
Tournaments
4
30 games
Score
15/ 3050.0%
12W6D12L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEkaterina BorisovaFM2,209·Team women chess final 2026·R7·-7.2
2.[L]vsElnaz KaliakhmetWIM2,299·FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025·R4·-6.5
3.[L]vsMaili-Jade OuelletWGM2,348·FIDE Women`s Grand Swiss 2025·R1·-5.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team women chess final 2026
Team
Apr 20264/8#342168-19.0
Worst Elo result: Team women chess final 2026 (-19.0 Elo, finished #34).

Most-Played Opponents

vsAlexandra KosteniukGM
🇨🇭SUI·2496
+24 −25 =10
59 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsKateryna LagnoGM
🇷🇺RUS·2506
+18 −22 =15
55 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsAnastasia BodnarukIM
🇷🇺RUS·2363
+27 −16 =11
54 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsNana DzagnidzeGM
🇬🇪GEO·2478
+22 −18 =10
50 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsOlga GiryaGM
🇷🇺RUS·2380
+20 −12 =11
43 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings

/
FIDE (no federation)
#59
out of 953 players
Special
#59
in continent
World
#2,138
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
FIDE (no federation)
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
...
59Gunina, Valentina2,374
Special
1
Andreikin, DmitryFollow Dmitry AndreikinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,710
2
Svidler, PeterFollow Peter SvidlerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,682
3
Murzin, VolodarFollow Volodar MurzinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,650
4
Grebnev, AlekseyFollow Aleksey GrebnevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
5
Khanin, SemenFollow Semen KhaninTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,599
6
Malakhov, VladimirFollow Vladimir MalakhovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
6
Nesterov, ArseniyFollow Arseniy NesterovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
8
Paravyan, DavidFollow David ParavyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,593
9
Rakhmanov, AleksandrFollow Aleksandr RakhmanovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,590
10
Najer, EvgeniyFollow Evgeniy NajerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,583
...
59Gunina, Valentina2,374
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
2138Gunina, Valentina2,374