Zala Urh

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Zala Urh
CountrySlovenia
Born2002 (age 22–23)
Title Woman Grandmaster (2025)
Peak rating 2333 (November 2021)

Zala Urh (born 2002) is a Slovenian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster, which she earned in 2025.

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Chess career

Urh finished sixth at the World Junior Chess Championship in 2019. [1] In 2022, Urh earned the Slovenian national junior championship title, and ended fourth at the World Junior Chess Championship that year. [2]

She won the Mediterranean Flower Chess Tournament in 2024. [3] That year she also represented Slovenia in the 45th Chess Olympiad, finishing on 6/11. [4]

Urh qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2025, where she was defeated 2.5/1.5 by Inna Gaponenko in the first round. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Gorenjski glas - Arhiv - Zala Urh med najboljšimi mladimi šahistkami". arhiv.gorenjskiglas.si. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Zala Urh četrta na svetu". www.slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ↑ L'immortale (9 March 2024). "WIM Zala Urh wins the Mediterranean Flower Chess Tournament 2024". Chess Topics. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024". s2.chess-results.com. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Results – FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 – Batumi, Georgia" . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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