| Gulnara Sachs | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gulnara Bayakhmetovna Sakhatova |
| Country |  Soviet Union Kazakhstan England |
| Born | (1963-04-24) 24 April 1963 (age 61) Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman International Master (1986) |
| Peak rating | 2365 (January 1992) |
Gulnara Sachs (née Gulnara Bayakhmetovna Sakhatova, Russian: Гульнара Баяхметовна Сахатова, born 24 April 1963) is a Kazakhstan-born English chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1985.
Biography
She is the older sister of WGM Elvira Berend (née Sakhatova). From 1984 to 1989, Sachs participated six times in the USSR Women's Chess Championship finals, with the best result in 1985, when she ranked 5th place. In 1986, she won the Soviet Armed Forces Women's Chess Championship. In the same year she won the international women's chess tournament in Tallinn, ahead of the leading Estonian chess players Tatyana Fomina and Maaja Ranniku. In 1985, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Sachs two times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournaments:
- In 1985, at Interzonal Tournament in Havana shared 6th-7th place with Zsuzsa Verőci;
- In 1987, at Interzonal Tournament in Tuzla ranked 5th place.
Sachs played for Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiad:
- In 1992, at second board in the 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+3, =2, -6),
Due to family reasons, she has left her chess player's career.
References
- "1985 Havana Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
- "1987 Tuzla Interzonal Tournament : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com.
- Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Gulnar Sakhatova". OlimpBase.org.
External links
- Gulnara Sachs rating card at FIDE
- Gulnara Sachs player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Gulnar Sakhatova chess games at 365Chess.com
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