# Nafisa Muminova

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Uzbekistani chess player (born 1990)

Nafisa Muminova Nafisa Muminova at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad Personal information Born (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 36) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union Chess career Country Uzbekistan Title Woman Grandmaster (2013) FIDE rating 2226 (January 2023) Peak rating 2360 (November 2010)

**Nafisa Muminova** (born 1 February 1990 in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent)) is an Uzbekistani [chess](/source/Chess) player.[1][2][3][4]

She won the women's [Uzbekistani Chess Championship](/source/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 [2010 Asian Games](/source/Chess_at_the_2010_Asian_Games),[5] and competed in the [Women's World Chess Championship](/source/Women's_World_Chess_Championship) in 2008 and 2010. She is a [Woman Grandmaster](/source/Woman_Grandmaster),[6] the first woman from Uzbekistan to reach that title.[7]

## 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 "[Sports psychology](/source/Sport_psychology)" since she graduated from [Uzbek State University](/source/National_University_of_Uzbekistan) of [Physical Culture](/source/Physical_culture) and Sport.[2] She is the co-founder and CEO of "Sky Chess" chess school in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent). [8][3]

## Career

In the Uzbek Women's Chess Championship in 2005 in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), she finished third. She also achieved third place at the Women's Zonal Tournament in 2005 in Tashkent.[9] In 2007, she won the Uzbek Junior Women's Championship in Tashkent.[10] Once again, she secured the second position at the Uzbek Women's Championship in 2007 in Tashkent.[11] She won the Women's Zonal Tournament in Tashkent in 2008, which qualified her for the Women's World Championship.[12] At the Asian U18 Girls' Championship in Tehran in 2008, she came in second place.[13][14] However, at the Women's World Championship in [Nalchik](/source/Nalchik) in 2008, she was eliminated in the first round by [Tatiana Kosintseva](/source/Tatiana_Kosintseva).[15] 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.[16][17] She claimed her third Uzbek Individual title in Tashkent in 2011.[18][19]

With [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan), she participated in the Asian Women's Team Championship in 2008 in [Visakhapatnam](/source/Visakhapatnam), playing on the third board.[20] She played at the top board for the Uzbek Women's team at the Chess Olympiads in 2008 in [Dresden](/source/Dresden), 2010 in [Khanty-Mansiysk](/source/Khanty-Mansiysk), and 2012 in Istanbul.[21] She also represented Uzbekistan at the 2010 Asian Games in [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou), where the Uzbek Women's National Team finished in second place.[22] 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.[23]

In March 2009, she was awarded the title of [Women's International Master](/source/FIDE_titles) (WIM). She achieved the norms for this title in August 2008 at the U20 World Girls Championship in [Gaziantep](/source/Gaziantep) and in November at the Women's Chess Olympiad in [Dresden](/source/Dresden).[24] 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](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), in August 2010 at the U20 World Girls Championship in [Chotowa](/source/Chotowa), and in September 2012 at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Istanbul.[25] 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)](/source/Irina_Semenova_(chess))

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Applications (WGM): Muminova Nafisa"](https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14201526&title=WGM&pb=35). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-“Shaxmat”_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-“Shaxmat”_2-1) ["Nafisa Mo'minova o'zbek qiz-ayollari orasida tarixda birinchi bo'lib "xalqaro grossmeystr" unvoniga erishdi"](https://kh-davron.uz/yangiliklar/nafisa-mominova-ozbek-qiz-ayollari-orasida-tarixda-birinchi-bolib-xalqaro-grossmeystr-unvoniga-erishdi.html). *kh-davron.uz*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-“Shaxmat22”_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-“Shaxmat22”_3-1) Jobir XO‘JAQULOV. ["Chempion bo'lish oson emas! yoki O'zbekiston shaxmat tarixidagi birinchi ayol xalqaro grossmeystr Nafisa Mo'minova haqida muxtasar hikoya"](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/). *uzhurriyat.uz*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["World Girls U20 Championship-Players Card"](https://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/archiwum/t_3906/cardf_z$55.html). *chessarbiter.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Muminova, Nafisa"](https://lopota2014.fide.com/en/players/333-muminova-nafisa), *Player biographies, FIDE Women's Grand Prix, Lopota 2014*, [FIDE](/source/FIDE), retrieved 2020-09-22

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Muminova, Nafisa"](https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526), *Ratings*, FIDE, retrieved 2020-09-22

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Uzbekistan's Chess Federation has 1700 members"](https://www.uzbekembassy.in/information-digest-of-press-of-uzbekistan-151-2/), *Uzbekistan Today*, July 29, 2015 – via Information Digest of Press of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan embassy to India

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["WGM NAFISA MUMINOVA"](https://lichess.org/coach/Tenamu). *lichess.org*. Retrieved 30 March 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2005"](http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2006-zonal34.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2007-2008-Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2007"](http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2008-zonal34.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Archive. Tournament report July 2009-Uzbekistan`s Championship (Women) - Uzbekistan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230725094230/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website*. Archived from [the original](https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780) on 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Archive. Tournament report April 2008-Zonal Championship Zone 3.6 (Woman) – Uzbekistan"](https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=11587). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Asian Youth Championship in Teheran"](https://en.chessbase.com/post/asian-youth-championship-in-teheran). *en.chessbase.com official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Asian Youth Chess Championship; Girls Under 18 Tehran; 15 - 22 July 2008"](https://chess-results.com/tnr14447.aspx?lan=11&art=9&fed=UZB&flag=30&snr=1). *chess-results.com- official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches"](https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm). *mark-weeks.com- official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches"](https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm). *mark-weeks.com- official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Archive. Tournament report July 2009-Uzbekistan`s Championship (Women) - Uzbekistan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230725094230/https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website*. Archived from [the original](https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=43780) on 2023-07-25. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 2010-2012-Zonal 3.4 (Central Asia) :: Tashkent 2011"](http://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wwcc/wwc2012-zonal34.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-“History”_19-0)** ["Muminova, Nafisa-ALL-TIME PLAYER HISTORY"](http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/2/28m2siog.html). *olimpbase.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-World_Cup_20-0)** ["WOMEN'S ASIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP"](http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/28m2siog.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** ["WOMEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS"](http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/28m2siog.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** ["ASIAN GAMES (CHESS - WOMEN)"](http://www.olimpbase.org/playersav/28m2siog.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["ASIAN INDOOR GAMES (CHESS)"](http://www.olimpbase.org/playersai/28m2siog.html). *olimpbase.org official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-24)** ["1st quarter Presidential Board, 5-8 March 2009, Istanbul, TUR"](https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=14201526&title=WIM&pb=22). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-25)** ["Application"](https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221145.pdf) (PDF). *ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website*.

## External links

- [Nafisa Muminova](https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526) rating card at [FIDE](/source/FIDE)

- [Interview with Nafisa Muminova](https://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-nafisa-muminova/), September 2013

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