| Leya Garifullina at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 November 2004 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Russia (until 2022) FIDE (since 2022) |
| Title | International Master (2022) Woman Grandmaster (2020) |
| FIDE rating | 2453 (October 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2477 (August 2025) |
Leya Garifullina (born 5 November 2004) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). [1]
She won the Girls Under-16 World Championship in 2019 in Bombay with 8.5 points out of 11. [2] She tied for third in the Russian Women's Chess championship in December 2020. [3]
She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where she beat Zenia Corrales Jiménez in the first round, upset Olga Girya in the second round, and was defeated by Polina Shuvalova in the third round. [4] [5]