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Govhar Beydullayeva is the leader of World Girls Chess 2022

FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2022 is taking place in Sardinia, Italy from October 11 to 23, 2022. Nearly 200 players from 58 countries will compete over 11 swiss rounds for the title of the World Junior Chess Champion. IM Nurgyul Salimova, WIM Meruert Kamalidenova, WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan, WGM Govhar Beydullayeva and WGM Jana Schneider headlining the Women’s competition.

After six rounds (out of 11) Govhar Beydullayeva is the sole leader of the girls section with 5,5/6. She is closely followed by the top seeded Nurgyul Salimova, Meruert Kamalidenova, and Assel Serikbay with 5,0/6.

Live broadcast of Girls’ section games can be followed here

FIDE World Girls Chess Championship standings

Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.
1WGMBeydullayeva GovharAZE23565.5
2WIMKamalidenova MeruertKAZ23765
3IMSalimova NurgyulBUL24155
4WIMSerikbay AsselKAZ21815
5WIMUrh ZalaSLO22214.5
6WGMSchneider JanaGER23314.5
7FMKurmangaliyeva LiyaKAZ21994.5
8Hrebenshchykova YelyzavetaUKR22684
9WGMOuellet Maili-JadeCAN21774
10WGMPriyanka NutakkiIND23264
11FMSchulze LaraGER22664
12WFMRudzinska MichalinaPOL22594
13WIMNurgali NazerkeKAZ21694
14WIMMkrtchyan MariamARM23744
15WFMKucharska HonorataPOL21794
16WFMVanduyfhuys DariaBEL20734
17WFMAltantuya BoldbaatarMGL22234
18WFMHajiyeva LamanAZE21384
19FMGoltseva EkaterinaFID23003.5
20FMJarocka LiwiaPOL20893.5
21Bucur Denisa-AndreeaROU19463.5
22Koubova Anna MarieCZE20893.5
23WCMOlde GreteEST18623.5
24WFMDjidjeli SarahFRA20823.5
25WIMGomez Barrera Javiera BelenCHI22193.5
26WIMKanyamarala TrishaIRL21743.5
27Le Thuy AnVIE17283.5
28WFMBashylina LuisaGER20733
29Aubert EsteeFRA20193
30FMMalicka MariaPOL23273
31WFMGombocz ZsofiaHUN21183
WFMRadikovic AnamarijaCRO21123
33WFMAydin GulenayTUR21093
34Cassi ElisaITA19653
35Femil ChelladuraiIND15623
36Popovic MatejaMNE17183
37Sebastian Mhage GerriahlouPHI18653
38Skaslien IngridNOR19093
39Dejanovic TerezaCRO19433
40Walter EmaSVK20622.5
41Pipia EkaterineGEO19262.5
42Grozdanovic AnastasiaSRB18242.5
43Ortega Beltran XimenaMEX18202.5
44Malikova MarjonaUZB18302.5
45Norlamo SarabellaFIN19462.5
46WFMSala GiuliaITA18692.5
47Muha MagdalenaCRO17062.5
48Daniilidi Dimitra LydiaGRE14982.5
49Shaw Laurie AnnRSA14092.5
50Gabbani SaraITA19442.5
51Middleton JodyAUS18502
52WFMSinggih Diajeng TheresaINA19912
53Mikic IvanaBIH17832
54Ruiz Villalba AndreaMEX17642
55WFMSimkunaite GabijaLTU20142
56WFMLevitan RonitISR20242
57Badenhorst ChloeRSA16872
58Jacobsen Shanne HedegaardDEN14122
59Ishvi AggarwalIND19641.5
60Velikova GabrielaBUL15001.5

More about Govhar Beydullayeva

Govhar Beydullayeva was born in Al Zulfi, Saudi Arabia on April 23, 2003. Govhar’s parents are from the Agsu District of Azerbaijan. When she was 4, her father taught her how to play chess. After moving Azerbaijan she started to go to the chess club with her little sister at the age of 6.

Govhar Beydullayeva repeatedly represented Azerbaijan at the European Youth Chess Championships and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups, where she won three medals: gold (in 2017, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U14 girls age group) and two silver (in 2014, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group, and in 2015, at the European Youth Chess Championship in the U12 girls age group).

In 2013, Govhar Beydullayeva won European Youth Rapid Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group.

In August 2018, she ranked 4th in the European Youth Chess Championship in the U16 girls age group.

In 2017, in Riga Govhar Beydullayeva participated in Women’s European Individual Chess Championship.

In 2021, she won the World Cup among girls under 18. In the same year she won Girls U18 Fide World Youth Super Final.

In April 2022, she won the women’s gold medal at the 2022 European Individual Chess Championship.

In 2012, Govhar Beydullayeva won Azerbaijani Youth Chess Championship in the U10 girls age group, then she repeated this success for three times in the years of 2013, 2015 and 2016

Govhar Beydullayeva repeatedly participated in Azerbaijan national women’s chess championships, where she won 4 medals: gold in 2022, silver in the years of 2020 and 2021, and bronze in 2019

Besides the European and the world championships Govhar Beydullayeva has won many prizes in other International tournaments.

In 2011, 2012, 2013, she won 1st place among her age group in the C category of Baku open international tournament.

In 2014, she played well in B category of “Baku Open 2014” festival. She scored 7 out of 9 and took 5th place. Also she gained 189 ELO points.

In 2017, with the score of 10 out of 10, Govhar Beydullayeva won the “Mikhail Botvinnik cup” which was held in Moscow Russia.

In 2021, she won silver medal among women in “Serbia Open Masters” tournament which was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

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