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| Dinara Saduakassova | |
|---|---|
 Saduakassova in 2022 | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Born | 31 October 1996 (age 28) Akmola, Kazakhstan |
| Title | International Master (2017) Woman Grandmaster (2012) |
| FIDE rating | 2435 (November 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2519 (January 2020) |
Dinara Saduakassova (born 31 October 1996)[1] is a Kazakh chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
Career
[edit]Born in Astana, Kazakhstan,[1] she won the World Youth Chess Championship twice, in the girls under-14 category in 2010[2] and girls under-18 in 2014.[3]
When she participated in the 2012 Olympiad in Istanbul, she was, at the age of fifteen, the youngest player, and her performance there resulted in her being awarded the Woman Grand Master title. That same year, she shared first place at the Moscow Open.[4]
She played for the Kazakhstani national team in four Women's Chess Olympiads (2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014);[5] at the Olympiad in 2014, the team got the 6th place. She played in two Women's World Team Chess Championships (2013 and 2015) and three Women's Asian Nations Cups (2012, 2014, and 2016);[6] the team won the bronze medal in the 2016 Women's Asian Nations Cup in Abu Dhabi.[7][8] She also played with a national team in the 2011 World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad.[9] In 2015, Saduakassova played for Macedonian team "Gambit Asseco SEE" that won the silver medal in the Women's European Club Cup in Skopje.[10]
In August 2016, Saduakassova won the World Junior Girls Championship in Bhubaneswar, India.[11] She participated in the Women's World Chess Championship 2017, losing to Harika Dronavalli in the second round. She also gained the International Master title that year.
In October 2019, she received her first grandmaster norm while participating in the 2019 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss tournament with a tournament rating of 2650.[12]
Activism
[edit]On 17 November 2017, Dinara Saduakassova became National Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund in Kazakhstan[permanent dead link].[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b WIM title application. FIDE.
- ^ World Youth Chess Championships 2010 Girls Under 14. chess-results.com.
- ^ World Youth Chess Championships 2014 U18 Girls. chess-results.com.
- ^ "Dinara Saduakassova – the Kazakh prodigy", Diana Mihajlova, Chess News, 5 August 2015
- ^ Saduakasova, Dinara - Women's Chess Olympiads, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ Saduakasova, Dinara - Women's Asian Team Chess Championship, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ "Asian Nations Cup 2016 - Indian Men are champion, Chinese Women Retain title". FIDE. 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- ^ "Kazakhstan third at Asian Nations Chess Cup - Sport". Tengrinews.kz. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- ^ Saduakasova, Dinara - World Youth U16 Chess Olympiads, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ Saduakasova, Dinara - European Women's Chess Club Cup, www.olimpbase.org
- ^ "Jeffery Xiong and Dinara Saduakassova are 2016 World Junior Champions". Chessdom. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ Doggers, Peter (2019-10-23). "Wang Hao Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Qualifies For Candidates". Chess.com. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ INFORM.KZ. "Chess player Dinara Saduakassova becomes UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador". www.inform.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-09.
External links
[edit]- Dinara Saduakassova rating card at FIDE
- Dinara Saduakassova chess games at 365Chess.com
- Dinara Saduakassova player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Dinara Saduakassova – the Kazakh prodigy—A portrait of Dinara Saduakassova by Diana Mihajlova
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