CHESS PLAYER

Natalia Pogonina

1985 - Today

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Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (Russian: Ната́лья Андре́евна Пого́нина; born March 9, 1985) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is the runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship 2015. She is a two time Russian Women's Champion (in 2012 and 2018). Pogonina was a member of the gold medal-winning Russian team at the Women's Chess Olympiads of 2012 and 2014, and at the 2011 Women's European Team Chess Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Natalia Pogonina is the 332nd most popular chess player (down from 326th in 2024), the 3,110th most popular biography from Russia (up from 3,140th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Natalia Pogonina ranks 332 out of 461Before her are Monika Soćko, Julio Granda, Miguel Illescas, Bela Khotenashvili, Gilberto Milos, and Qin Kanying. After her are Gukesh D, Étienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Jacob Aagaard, Joel Benjamin, and Peng Zhaoqin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Natalia Pogonina ranks 647Before her are Christina Schwanitz, Sekou Cissé, Christian Gentner, Inge Dekker, Javier Garrido, and Adi Rocha. After her are Ignatas Konovalovas, Billy Celeski, Erkan Zengin, Besart Berisha, Cha Ye-ryun, and Galena.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Natalia Pogonina ranks 52Before her are Sergei Rublevsky (1974), Alexander Moiseenko (1980), Dmitry Jakovenko (1983), Sergei Shipov (1966), Vadim Milov (1972), and Rustem Dautov (1965). After her are Konstantin Landa (1972), Pavel Tregubov (1971), Evgeny Alekseev (1985), Evgeny Tomashevsky (1987), Alexander Motylev (1979), and Vladimir Malakhov (1980).