Natalia Pogonina

Natalia Pogonina
Full nameNatalia Andreevna Pogonina (Наталья Андреевна Погонина)
CountryRussia
Born (1985-03-09) March 9, 1985 (age 39)
Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2004)
Peak rating2508 (July 2014)

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.