{{short description|Kazakhstani chess player (born 2007)}} {{Infobox chess biography |name = Alua Nurman |image = FIDE Youth Olympiad 2023 Board 4 Medallists (cropped) 2.jpg |caption = Nurman in 2023 |country = Kazakhstan |birth_name = Alua Nurmanova |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|4|25|df=yes}} |birth_place = Almaty, Kazakhstan |title = International Master (2026)<br>Woman Grandmaster (2024) |peakrating = 2443 (April 2026) |FideID = 13729390 }} '''Alua Nūrman''' ({{nee|'''Nurmanova'''}}; {{langx|kk|Алуа Ернарқызы Нұрман}}; born 25 April 2007) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of International Master (IM). As a member of the Kazakhstan women's national team, she was a Women's Olympiad silver medallist in 2024 and a Women's World Team Championship silver medallist in 2023.
== Chess career == Nurman won the Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in various age groups: 2020 (girls U14 age group)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr502619.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Чемпионат РК по классическим шахматам среди девушек до 14 лет|website=chess-results.com}}</ref> and 2022 (girls U16 age group).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr614199.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Чемпионат РК по классическим шахматам (девушки не старше 2006 г. р.)|website=chess-results.com}}</ref> In 2018 she won World School Chess Championship in U11 girls age group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr334484.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World School Chess Championship 2018 - G11|website=chess-results.com}}</ref> In 2019 in Asian Youth Chess Championship she won two medals in girls U12 age group: gold in blitz<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr428662.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Asian Youth Chess Championships - 2019|website=chess-results.com}}</ref> and bronze in classical chess.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr427871.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Asian Youth Chess Championships - 2019|website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
Nurman finished second in the Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chess-results.com/tnr700200.aspx?lan=1&art=4|title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - ЧЕМПИОНАТ РК ПО КЛАССИЧЕСКИМ ШАХМАТАМ СРЕДИ ЖЕНЩИН 2022|website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
Nurman played for Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 2024, at fourth board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+6, =2, -2) and won team silver medal.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr967172.aspx?lan=1&art=20&fed=KAZ&flag=30 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women]</ref>
Nurman played for Kazakhstan in the World Women's Team Chess Championships: * In 2023, at fourth board in the 9th Women's World Team Chess Championship in Bydgoszcz (+1, =2, -1) and won team silver medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessmanager.com/en/tournaments/5122735830204416/players/5195990792404992/6194044823666688|title=FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2023 - Pool A - ChessManager|website=www.chessmanager.com}}</ref>
In 2022, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title two years later.
In 2026, she was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
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==External links== *{{fide|id=13729390}} *{{chessgames player|id=178284}} *{{365Chess.com player|Alua_Nurman}}
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