Julia Ryjanova (also known as Julia Galianina and Julia Galianina-Ryjanova; ; born 15 May 1974) is a Russian and Australian

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player with the title of

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(WGM). She competed in the

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Chess career

Ryjanova was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster by

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in 2000. In the same year, she won the bronze medal in the Russian Women's Chess Championship in

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. She has been ranked in FIDE's top 50 highest rated female chess players in the world during the early 2000s. Her best ranking is the 40th highest rated female chess player in the world in January 2003, with a rating of 2415. Ryjanova stopped playing in official competitions in 2003 to work as a chess coach in

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, and has been the captain of the Qatari women's chess team since 2008. In January 2015, Ryjanova tied for fourth place in the Australian Open Chess Championship and won the Australian Women's Masters. In 2017, she transferred federations to represent Australia. Oceania Chess Women's champion 2019 and 2023 -

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