Zhansaya Abdumalik

Zhansaya Abdumalik (Kazakh: Jansaya Daniyarqyzy Aebdimaelik; Russian: Жансая́ Дания́ровна Абдумали́к; born 12 January 2000) is a Kazakhstani chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). A chess prodigy, she twice won the World Youth Chess Championships in her age and gender category. She holds three Grandmaster (GM) norms, and only needs to achieve a rating of 2500 to qualify for the GM title.

Zhansaya Abdumalik
Zhansaya Abdumalik at the Vienna Open 2015
Full nameЖансая Даниярқызы Әбдімәлік
CountryKazakhstan
Born (2000-01-12) 12 January 2000
Almaty, Kazakhstan
TitleInternational Master (2017)
Woman Grandmaster (2014)
FIDE rating2472 (February 2021)
Peak rating2484 (May 2018)

Chess career

Zhansaya began attending a chess school, along with her older brother, at six years old, and in January 2007 she won her first trophy at a national tournament.[1] In 2008, she won the girls U8 section at both the Asian Youth Chess Championship, held in Tehran,[2] and the World Youth Chess Championships in Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. In the 2010 World Youth Championships in Porto Carras, she shared 1st–2nd places in the girls U10 division, taking the silver medal on tiebreak. As a result, she earned the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM). In 2011, she was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title as a result of her joint first place at the girls U20 division of the 12th ASEAN+ Age Group Championships held in Tarakan, Indonesia.[3][4] Later that same year, Zhansaya won the girls U12 title at the World Youth Championships held in Caldas Novas, Brazil.

In September 2013, she finished as runner-up in the World Junior Girls Chess Championship;[5] thanks to this achievement, she was voted the best girl under-20 player of 2013 at the 1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards, held in June 2014 in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.[6] In November 2013, she won the Brno Open in the Czech Republic scoring 7½/9 points.[7][8] Zhansaya won the bronze medal in the Asian Women's Blitz Championship of 2014.[9] She won the bronze medal also at the 2015 World Junior Girls Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk.[10] In 2016, she won the women's championship of Kazakhstan[11] and the 6th Krystyna Hołuj-Radzikowska Memorial in Wrocław, Poland.[12][13]

Zhansaya has played for team Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiad, Women's World Team Chess Championship and Women's Asian Nations Chess Cup. In the 2016 Asian Nations Cup she won the team bronze medal[14] and an individual silver playing board two.

In July 2017, Abdumalik earned her first GM norm with a score of 7/9 at the World Open.[15] The following year, she earned her final two GM norms in succession at the Karpos Open in March and the Budapest Spring Festival in April.[16][17]

Personal life

Abudmalik began playing chess at the age of five. Along with her elder brother Sanzhar, she began training with Tamara Gudova. When she was seven, she began working with Nikolay Peregudov. In 2012, she moved to the ASEAN Chess Academy in Singapore where she trained with GM Zhang Zhong. Her current coaches are GM David Arutyunyan and GM Vladimir Chuchelov.[18]

In January 2014, Anatoly Karpov visited Almaty to open the newly established Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy.[19] Karpov and Abdumalik also played a four-game match after the ceremony. Karpov won both rapid games (20 minutes per player), while Abdumalik won one blitz game and the second one was drawn.[20]

References
  1. Alex Lee (June 27, 2012). "The Little Queen: Kazakh Girl Makes Chess History". Edge. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. Akbarinia, Arash (2008-07-24). "Asian Youth Championship in Teheran". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. "Eleven-year-old Kazakh gains WIM". ChessBase. December 7, 2011. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  4. 12th ASEAN+ AGE-GROUP CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 STANDARD CHESS - GIRLS 20. chess-results.com.
  5. "FIDE World Junior Chess Championships 2013 Concluded". FIDE. 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
  6. "1st Annual Asian Chess Excellence Awards". FIDE. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. "Kazakh chess player Zhansaya Abdumalik wins BRNO OPEN 2013". BNews.kz. 2013-12-19.
  8. Open Brno 2013. chess-results.com.
  9. Sagar Shah (2014-04-23). "13th Asian Continental with exciting battles". ChessBase. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. Sagar Shah (21 September 2015). "Antipov and Buksa are World Junior Champions". ChessBase. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  11. "Abdumalik and Kostenko are champions of Kazakhstan". Chessdom. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  12. "Zhansaya Abdumalik wins intl chess tournament in Poland". inform.kz. 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  13. "The Week in Chess 1152". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  14. Schulz, André (2016-04-07). "Asian Nations Cup: Gold for India and China". ChessBase.
  15. "Zhansaya Abdumalik achieves International Grandmaster norm". Kaz Inform. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  16. "Karpos Open 2018: Abdumalik". Chess results. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  17. "Budapest Spring Festival 2018: Abdumalik". Chess Results. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  18. "Zhansaya Abdumalik". International Technical College. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  19. "Anatoly Karpov opened Zhansaya Abdumalik Chess Academy". ChessDom.com. January 14, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  20. "Anatoly Karpov loses chess game to 13 y.o. Zhansaya Abdumalik of Kazakhstan". TengriNews.kz. January 13, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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