Xeniya Balabayeva (also Kseniya; ; born 26 December 2005) is a Kazakh chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2024).
Biography In 2018, Balabayeva won the Western Asia Youth Chess Championship in G14 age group.Western Asia Youth Championship 2018 - U14 Girls In 2019, she won the Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in G14 age group.Asian Youth Chess Championships - 2019 Under 14 Girls | Rapid In 2020, Balabayeva won the Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in G16 age group with a hundred percent result: 9 out of 9.Чемпионат РК по классическим шахматам среди девушек до 16 лет In 2021 she won the Asia Youth Chess Championship in G16 age group.Asia Youth Chess Championship - Under 16 Girls
In 2021, Balabayeva ranked in 2nd place in Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in G20 age groupЧемпионат Республики Казахстан 2021 по классическим шахматам до 20 лет-девушки and Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship.Чемпионат Республики Казахстан по классическим шахматам среди женщин 2021 In this same year, she won the Online World Youth Chess Championship in Girls under 16 age group.
Balabayeva played for Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiads: In 2022, at third board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+3, =5, -2); In 2024, at third board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+4, =5, -0) and won a team silver medal.45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024 Women
In 2021, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later.
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