WGMAlexandra Obolentseva

Alexandra Obolentseva was born in Tula in 2001 and began chess at six. Her early coaches included Nikolai Golovin at a local sports school and, later, Vladimir Vulfson. She won Russian girls' titles in the under-eight, under-ten and under-twelve categories. Internationally, she won the world girls' under-ten championship in 2011 and the world schools under-eleven title in 2012.

Obolentseva earned World Girls' Under-18 silver medals in 2016 and 2018, followed by bronze in 2019. She also won European school titles and shared first place in the women's section of the 2016 Moscow Open. Her youth team results included Olympiad silver in 2016 and gold in 2017. She became a woman grandmaster in 2018. In club competition, she helped Bad Königshofen win German women's league titles and was part of Moscow's victorious team at the 2023 Russian championship.