IMNurgyul Salimova
- FIDE ID
- 2915138
About Nurgyul Salimova
Nurgyul Salimova learned chess from her grandfather at four in the Bulgarian village of Krepcha. She won the European girls' under-eight title in 2011 and the World Girls' Under-12 Championship in 2015. She became Bulgarian women's champion in 2017. Show more
Nurgyul Salimova learned chess from her grandfather at four in the Bulgarian village of Krepcha. She won the European girls' under-eight title in 2011 and the World Girls' Under-12 Championship in 2015. She became Bulgarian women's champion in 2017. FIDE awarded her both the International Master and Woman Grandmaster titles in 2019. In 2023 she won silver in Bulgaria's open national championship. Her breakthrough on the world stage came at that year's Women's World Cup, where victories over Polina Shuvalova and Anna Muzychuk carried her to the final. She lost a close final to Aleksandra Goryachkina but qualified for the 2024 Women's Candidates Tournament in Toronto.
FIDE rating history
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FIDE tournaments
| Date | Tournament | Type | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 30th European Chess Club Cup for Women | Classical | 4½ |
Available Games
Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (UTC).
Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).
| # | Date | Event | Site | Round | White | Black | Result | Moves | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | 2021-10-30 | Anatoly Karpov Trophy | Cap d'Agde FRA | 4.1 | Marie Sebag | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 51 | Open |
| 1002 | 2021-10-29 | Anatoly Karpov Trophy | Cap d'Agde FRA | 3.4 | Gata Kamsky | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 42 | Open |
| 1003 | 2021-10-29 | Anatoly Karpov Trophy | Cap d'Agde FRA | 2.2 | Nurgyul Salimova | Daniel Dardha | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 1004 | 2021-10-29 | Anatoly Karpov Trophy | Cap d'Agde FRA | 1.3 | Irina Bulmaga | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 61 | Open |
| 1005 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 9 | Nurgyul Salimova | Oleg Yaksin | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1006 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 8 | Garg Aradhya | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 61 | Open |
| 1007 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 7 | Nurgyul Salimova | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1008 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 6 | Nurgyul Salimova | Oleg Krivonosov | 1-0 | 57 | Open |
| 1009 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 5 | Ivan Mezentsev | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 57 | Open |
| 1010 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 4 | Dragos Ceres | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 79 | Open |
| 1011 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 3 | Nurgyul Salimova | Andrej Sukovic | 1/2-1/2 | 147 | Open |
| 1012 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 2 | Maciej Swicarz | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 35 | Open |
| 1013 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 1 | Nurgyul Salimova | Pavel Plotnikov | 1-0 | 84 | Open |
| 1014 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 11 | Nurgyul Salimova | Vasiliy Korchmar | 0-1 | 36 | Open |
| 1015 | 2021-10-19 | Titled Tuesday 19th Oct | chess.com INT | 10 | Olexandr Bortnyk | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 26 | Open |
| 1016 | 2021-10-17 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 7.3 | Nurgyul Salimova | Joaquin Miguel Antoli Royo | 1-0 | 36 | Open |
| 1017 | 2021-10-16 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 6.3 | Yudania Hernandez Estevez | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 45 | Open |
| 1018 | 2021-10-15 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 5.2 | Nurgyul Salimova | Karina Ambartsumova | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 1019 | 2021-10-14 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 4.4 | Pia Cramling | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 50 | Open |
| 1020 | 2021-10-13 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 3.1 | Inigo Argandona Riveiro | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 1021 | 2021-10-12 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 2.4 | Nurgyul Salimova | Marta Garcia Martin | 0-1 | 42 | Open |
| 1022 | 2021-10-11 | TCh-ESP Div Honor 2021 | Toledo ESP | 1.2 | Nino Batsiashvili | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 54 | Open |
| 1023 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 9 | Nurgyul Salimova | Anton Isajevsky | 1-0 | 28 | Open |
| 1024 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 8 | Graham Horobetz | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 40 | Open |
| 1025 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 7 | Anastasia Avramidou | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 63 | Open |
| 1026 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 6 | Nurgyul Salimova | Murad Ibrahimli | 0-1 | 77 | Open |
| 1027 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 5 | Nurgyul Salimova | Kevin Noboa Silva | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1028 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 4 | Robert Aloma Vidal | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 18 | Open |
| 1029 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 3 | Nurgyul Salimova | Enzo Federzoni | 1-0 | 38 | Open |
| 1030 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 2 | Maciej Swicarz | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 54 | Open |
| 1031 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 1 | Nurgyul Salimova | Konstantin Begunov | 1-0 | 46 | Open |
| 1032 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 11 | Baadur Jobava | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 25 | Open |
| 1033 | 2021-10-05 | Titled Tuesday 5th Oct | chess.com INT | 10 | Harshavardhan G B | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 34 | Open |
| 1034 | 2021-10-02 | Junior U21 Round Table Op | Plovdiv BUL | 8.11 | Lampros Giannoulakis | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 49 | Open |
| 1035 | 2021-09-27 | Junior U21 Round Table Op | Plovdiv BUL | 2.7 | Pa Iniyan | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 48 | Open |
| 1036 | 2021-09-24 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 7.1 | Nurgyul Salimova | Alina Bivol | 1/2-1/2 | 38 | Open |
| 1037 | 2021-09-23 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 6.4 | Laura Unuk | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 60 | Open |
| 1038 | 2021-09-22 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 5.2 | Nurgyul Salimova | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 1/2-1/2 | 42 | Open |
| 1039 | 2021-09-20 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 3.3 | Nurgyul Salimova | Zhansaya Abdumalik | 0-1 | 107 | Open |
| 1040 | 2021-09-19 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 2.2 | Polina Shuvalova | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 58 | Open |
| 1041 | 2021-09-18 | 36th ECC Women 2021 | Struga MKD | 1.4 | Nurgyul Salimova | Gergana Peycheva | 1/2-1/2 | 31 | Open |
| 1042 | 2021-08-20 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 11.19 | Govhar Beydullayeva | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 51 | Open |
| 1043 | 2021-08-19 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 10.2 | Nurgyul Salimova | Annmarie Muetsch | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 1044 | 2021-08-18 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 9.19 | Monika Spalir | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 62 | Open |
| 1045 | 2021-08-17 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 8.18 | Nurgyul Salimova | Alexandra Zherebtsova | 1/2-1/2 | 45 | Open |
| 1046 | 2021-08-16 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 7.26 | Nurgyul Salimova | Tatiana Dornbusch | 1-0 | 31 | Open |
| 1047 | 2021-08-14 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 6.36 | Maritsa Tsirulnik | Nurgyul Salimova | 0-1 | 69 | Open |
| 1048 | 2021-08-13 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 5.26 | Beloslava Krasteva | Nurgyul Salimova | 1-0 | 91 | Open |
| 1049 | 2021-08-12 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 4.18 | Nurgyul Salimova | Maria Gevorgyan | 0-1 | 49 | Open |
| 1050 | 2021-08-11 | 21st ch-EUR Indiv w 2021 | Iasi ROU | 3.2 | Ulviyya Fataliyeva | Nurgyul Salimova | 1/2-1/2 | 55 | Open |