{{Short description|Uzbekistani chess player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Nafisa Muminova | image = Muminowa nafisa 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg | caption = Nafisa Muminova at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad | full_name = <!-- if different --> | country = [[Uzbekistan]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|2|1}} | birth_place = [[Tashkent]], Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | title = [[Woman Grandmaster]] (2013) | worldchampion = | womensworldchampion = | rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526/chart 2226] (January 2023) | peakrating = 2360 (November 2010) | FideID = 14201526 <!-- automatically displays current rating if 2400+ --> }}
'''Nafisa Muminova''' (born 1 February 1990 in [[Tashkent]]) is an Uzbekistani [[chess]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Applications (WGM): Muminova Nafisa|url= https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14201526&title=WGM&pb=35 |website= ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation }}</ref><ref name= “Shaxmat”>{{Cite web|title= Nafisa Mo’minova o’zbek qiz-ayollari orasida tarixda birinchi bo’lib “xalqaro grossmeystr” unvoniga erishdi. |url= https://kh-davron.uz/yangiliklar/nafisa-mominova-ozbek-qiz-ayollari-orasida-tarixda-birinchi-bolib-xalqaro-grossmeystr-unvoniga-erishdi.html|website= kh-davron.uz}}</ref><ref name= “Shaxmat22”>{{Cite web|title= Chempion bo‘lish oson emas! yoki O‘zbekiston shaxmat tarixidagi birinchi ayol xalqaro grossmeystr Nafisa Mo‘minova haqida muxtasar hikoya|url= https://uzhurriyat.uz/2019/06/28/chempion-bo-lish-oson-emas-yoki-o-zbekiston-shaxmat-tarixidagi-birinchi-ayol-xalqaro-grossmeystr-nafisa-mo-minova-haqida-muxtasar-hikoya/|author=Jobir XO‘JAQULOV|website= uzhurriyat.uz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= World Girls U20 Championship-Players Card|url= https://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/archiwum/t_3906/cardf_z$55.html|website= chessarbiter.com}}</ref>
She won the women's [[Uzbekistani Chess Championship]] in 2008 2009, and 2011, won silver medals in the 2008 Asian Youth Championship and as first board in the team event at the [[Chess at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]],<ref>{{citation |url=https://lopota2014.fide.com/en/players/333-muminova-nafisa |title=Muminova, Nafisa |work=Player biographies, FIDE Women's Grand Prix, Lopota 2014 |publisher=[[FIDE]] |accessdate=2020-09-22}}</ref> and competed in the [[Women's World Chess Championship]] in 2008 and 2010. She is a [[Woman Grandmaster]],<ref>{{citation |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526 |title=Muminova, Nafisa |work=Ratings |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=2020-09-22}}</ref> the first woman from Uzbekistan to reach that title.<ref>{{citation |title=Uzbekistan’s Chess Federation has 1700 members |url=https://www.uzbekembassy.in/information-digest-of-press-of-uzbekistan-151-2/ |newspaper=Uzbekistan Today |date=July 29, 2015 |via=Information Digest of Press of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan embassy to India}}</ref>
==Early life== She started playing chess when she was 9 years old. She has been working as a chess coach since 2012. She has a bachelor degree in "[[Sport psychology|Sports psychology]]" since she graduated from [[National University of Uzbekistan|Uzbek State University]] of [[Physical culture|Physical Culture]] and Sport.<ref name= “Shaxmat” /> She is the co-founder and CEO of "Sky Chess" chess school in [[Tashkent]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=WGM NAFISA MUMINOVA|url=https://lichess.org/coach/Tenamu|access-date= 30 March 2013|website=lichess.org}}</ref><ref name= “Shaxmat22” />
==Career== In the Uzbek Women's Chess Championship in 2005 in [[Tashkent]], she finished third. She also achieved third place at the Women's Zonal Tournament in 2005 in Tashkent.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2005|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2006-zonal34.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref> In 2007, she won the Uzbek Junior Women's Championship in Tashkent.<ref>{{Cite web|title= FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2007-2008-Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2007|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2008-zonal34.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref> Once again, she secured the second position at the Uzbek Women's Championship in 2007 in Tashkent.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archive. Tournament report July 2009-Uzbekistan`s Championship (Women) - Uzbekistan|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780|website=ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website|access-date=2023-09-26|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725094230/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780|url-status=dead}}</ref> She won the Women's Zonal Tournament in Tashkent in 2008, which qualified her for the Women's World Championship.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archive. Tournament report April 2008-Zonal Championship Zone 3.6 (Woman) – Uzbekistan |url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=11587|website= ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website }}</ref> At the Asian U18 Girls' Championship in Tehran in 2008, she came in second place.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Asian Youth Championship in Teheran|url= https://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championship-in-teheran|website= en.chessbase.com official website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Asian Youth Chess Championship; Girls Under 18 Tehran; 15 - 22 July 2008|url= https://chess-results.com/tnr14447.aspx?lan=11&art=9&fed=UZB&flag=30&snr=1|website= chess-results.com- official website}}</ref> However, at the Women's World Championship in [[Nalchik]] in 2008, she was eliminated in the first round by [[Tatiana Kosintseva]].<ref>{{Cite web|title= World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches|url= https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm|website= mark-weeks.com- official website}}</ref> In 2009, she became the Uzbek Women's Champion for the second time in Tashkent and once again won a Zonal Tournament in Tashkent, securing a two-point lead.<ref>{{Cite web|title= World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches|url= https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm |website= mark-weeks.com- official website}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Archive. Tournament report July 2009-Uzbekistan`s Championship (Women) - Uzbekistan|url=https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780|website=ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website|access-date=2023-09-26|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725094230/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780|url-status=dead}}</ref> She claimed her third Uzbek Individual title in Tashkent in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title= FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2010-2012-Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2011 |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2012-zonal34.html|website= olimpbase.org official website }}</ref><ref name= “History”>{{Cite web|title= Muminova, Nafisa-ALL-TIME PLAYER HISTORY|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/2/28m2siog.html|website= olimpbase.org }}</ref>
With [[Uzbekistan]], she participated in the Asian Women's Team Championship in 2008 in [[Visakhapatnam]], playing on the third board.<ref name="World Cup">{{Cite web|title=WOMEN'S ASIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/28m2siog.html |website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref> She played at the top board for the Uzbek Women's team at the Chess Olympiads in 2008 in [[Dresden]], 2010 in [[Khanty-Mansiysk]], and 2012 in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WOMEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref> She also represented Uzbekistan at the 2010 Asian Games in [[Guangzhou]], where the Uzbek Women's National Team finished in second place.<ref>{{Cite web|title= ASIAN GAMES (CHESS - WOMEN)|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/playersav/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref> At the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, she played on the first women's board for the Uzbek selection, which secured the third position.<ref>{{Cite web|title= ASIAN INDOOR GAMES (CHESS)|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/playersai/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}</ref>
In March 2009, she was awarded the title of [[FIDE titles|Women's International Master]] (WIM). She achieved the norms for this title in August 2008 at the U20 World Girls Championship in [[Gaziantep]] and in November at the Women's Chess Olympiad in [[Dresden]].<ref>{{Cite web|title= 1st quarter Presidential Board, 5-8 March 2009, Istanbul, TUR|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14201526&title=WIM&pb=22|website=ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website}}</ref> She became a Women's Grandmaster (WGM) in January 2013, earning norms for this title in August 2009 at the 6th Dato Arthur Tan Open in [[Kuala Lumpur]], in August 2010 at the U20 World Girls Championship in [[Chotowa]], and in September 2012 at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221145.pdf|website=ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website}}</ref> In the German Women's Bundesliga, she was registered for SF 1891 Friedberg during the 2014/15 season but she did not participate. ==See also== *[[Irina Semenova (chess)]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{FIDE}} * [https://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-nafisa-muminova/ Interview with Nafisa Muminova], September 2013
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