Nafisa Muminova

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Nafisa Muminova

| image = Muminowa nafisa 20081119 olympiade dresden.jpg

| caption = Nafisa Muminova at the 2008 Dresden Olympiad

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| country = Uzbekistan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1990|2|1}}

| birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union

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| title = Woman Grandmaster (2013)

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| womensworldchampion =

| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526/chart 2226] (January 2023)

| peakrating = 2360 (November 2010)

| FideID = 14201526

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Nafisa Muminova (born 1 February 1990 in Tashkent) is a chess player from Uzbekistan.{{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 }}{{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}}{{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 }}{{Cite web|title= World Girls U20 Championship-Players Card|url= http://www.chessarbiter.com/turnieje/archiwum/t_3906/cardf_z$55.html|website= chessarbiter.com}}

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 2010 Asian Games,{{citation |url=http://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}} and competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 and 2010. She is a Woman Grandmaster,{{citation |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14201526 |title=Muminova, Nafisa |work=Ratings |publisher=FIDE |accessdate=2020-09-22}} the first woman from Uzbekistan to reach that title.{{citation |title=Uzbekistan’s Chess Federation has 1700 members |url=http://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}}

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" since she graduated from Uzbek State University of Physical Culture and Sport. She is the co-founder and CEO of "Sky Chess" chess school in Tashkent. {{Cite web|title=WGM NAFISA MUMINOVA|url=https://lichess.org/coach/Tenamu|access-date= 30 March 2013|website=lichess.org}}

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.{{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}} In 2007, she won the Uzbek Junior Women's Championship in Tashkent.{{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}} Once again, she secured the second position at the Uzbek Women's Championship in 2007 in Tashkent.{{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 }} She won the Women's Zonal Tournament in Tashkent in 2008, which qualified her for the Women's World Championship.{{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 }} At the Asian U18 Girls' Championship in Tehran in 2008, she came in second place.{{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}}{{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}} However, at the Women's World Championship in Nalchik in 2008, she was eliminated in the first round by Tatiana Kosintseva.{{Cite web|title= World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches|url= https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm|website= mark-weeks.com- official website}} In 2009, she became the Uzbek Women's Champion for the second time in Tashkent and once again won a Zonal Tournament in Tashkent, securing a two-point lead.{{Cite web|title= World Chess Championship (Women) 2008 FIDE Knockout Matches|url= https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/a8wo$wix.htm |website= mark-weeks.com- official website}}{{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 }} She claimed her third Uzbek Individual title in Tashkent in 2011.{{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 }}{{Cite web|title= Muminova, Nafisa-ALL-TIME PLAYER HISTORY|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/players-ind/2/28m2siog.html|website= olimpbase.org }}

With Uzbekistan, she participated in the Asian Women's Team Championship in 2008 in Visakhapatnam, playing on the third board.{{Cite web|title=WOMEN'S ASIAN TEAM CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP |url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerss/28m2siog.html |website=olimpbase.org official website}} 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.{{Cite web|title=WOMEN'S CHESS OLYMPIADS|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playersw/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}} She also represented Uzbekistan at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, where the Uzbek Women's National Team finished in second place.{{Cite web|title= ASIAN GAMES (CHESS - WOMEN)|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/playersav/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}} 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.{{Cite web|title= ASIAN INDOOR GAMES (CHESS)|url= http://www.olimpbase.org/playersai/28m2siog.html|website=olimpbase.org official website}}

In March 2009, she was awarded the title of 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.{{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}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main221145.pdf|website=ratings.fide.com- International Chess Federation official website}} In the German Women's Bundesliga, she was registered for SF 1891 Friedberg during the 2014/15 season but she did not participate.