Natalia Pogonina | |
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Full name | Natalia Andreevna Pogonina (Наталья Андреевна Погонина) |
Country | Russia |
Born | Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | March 9, 1985
Title | Woman Grandmaster (2004) |
Peak rating | 2508 (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.