Leya Garifullina

Leya Rafisovna Garifullina is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Chess career

She won the Girls Under-16 World Championship in 2019 in Bombay with 8.5 points out of 11. She tied for third in the Russian Women's Chess championship in December 2020.
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.