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Alexandra Sergeevna Obolentseva (; born 21 June 2001) is a Russian
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player. She was awarded the title
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by
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in 2018. Obolentseva has won the
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s, the World Schools Chess Championships and the European Schools Chess Championships in her age girls category.


Career

Obolentseva began playing chess in September 2007 at six years of age, in the Sport School No. 4 of Tula. Her coach was Nikolai Mikhailovich Golovin. She won the Russian Youth Championships three times, in the categories girls U8 in 2009, girls U10 in 2011, and girls U12 in 2012. In 2009, by finishing first in an event for children at the 6th International Chess Festival "Moscow Open", she qualified to play in the World School Chess Championships in
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, Greece. In this event, Obolentseva took fifth place in the Girls Under 9 division, and first place in the Under 8 subgroup. In 2010, in the 6th World School Chess Championships in
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, Turkey, Obolentseva came in second place on tie-break in the girls U9 section, losing out to
Khanim Balajayeva Khanim Balajayeva (; born March 28, 2001) is an Azerbaijani chess player. She was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 2023. Career In February 2018, Balajayeva won the Azerbaijani women's championship edging out Gunay Mammadzada ...
from
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. At the World Youth Championships 2010 in
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, Greece, under the guidance of her new coach, Vladimir Vulfson, she finished third in the girls U10 division. As a result, FIDE awarded her the title
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. In November 2011, at the World Youth Championships in
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, Brazil, she took the gold medal to become the girls under 10 world champion. As a result, she was awarded the title
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. In 2012, she won the girls under 11 event of the World School Championships in
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, Romania, and took the bronze medal at the
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s in
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in the girls under 12 category. In 2013, she played for Russia's second team in the girls' section of the European Youth Team Championship in
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, Solovenia. In 2014 Obolentseva won the girls U13 event of the European School Chess Championships in
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, Greece. In 2015, she won the European Schools Championship in the Girls Under 15 division, and took the bronze medal in the Girls Under 14 event at the European Youth Championship. In February 2016, she shared first place with
Anastasia Bodnaruk Anastasia Mikhailovna Bodnaruk (; born 30 March 1992) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the World Rapid Chess Championship 2023. Career Bodnaruk won the under 12 ...
and
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in the women's event of the Moscow Open, finishing third on tiebreak. She also earned a
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for the title of
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(IM) thanks to her rating performance of 2548. In June, she won the girls U15 event at the European School Chess Championship in Halkidiki. The following month, she played for the silver medal-winning Russian team in the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in
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, Slovakia. In October, Obolentseva took silver in the Girls U18 event at the World Youth Championships in Khanty-Mansyisk. In 2017 she competed again in the World Youth U16 Olympiad for Russia and her team won the gold medal. The next year, she took silver again in the Girls U18 section at the World Youth Championships in Halkidiki. In October 2019, she won bronze medal in World Youth Chess Championship in girl's U18 age group. Alexandra won 2018/2019 and 2019/2021 editions of Frauen-Bundesliga with SC Bad Königshofen. In May 2023, she won Russian Women's Team Championship with Moscow Chess Team. In June 2025, Alexandra participated in Singapore's 64th National Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Individual Tournament Women's Category followed by the "B" Category (Open). She won 4th place with 13 points, hence promoted to be a B-ranked Xiangqi player.


References


External links


Alexandra Obolentseva's website
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Alexandra Obolentseva
chess games at 365Chess.com

team chess record at Olimpbase.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Obolentseva, Alexandra 2001 births Living people Chess Woman Grandmasters Russian female chess players Russian chess players World Youth Chess Champions Sportspeople from Tula, Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen