Alua Nurman (; born 25 April 2007) is a Kazakhstani

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Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(2024), World Women's Team Chess Championship silver medalist (2023).

Chess career

Nurman won the Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in various age groups: 2020 (girls U14 age group) and 2022 (girls U16 age group). In 2018 she won World School Chess Championship in U11 girls age group. In 2019 in Asian Youth Chess Championship she won two medals in girls U12 age group: gold in blitz and bronze in classical chess. Nurman finished second in the Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship in 2022. Nurman played for Kazakhstan in the

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: * In 2024, at fourth board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+6, =2, -2) and won team silver medal. Nurman played for Kazakhstan in the World Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2023, at fourth board in the 9th Women's World Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =2, -1) and won team silver medal. In 2022, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.

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