IMDinara Wagner

Dinara Wagner grew up in Elista, where she developed into a five-time Russian girls' age-group champion. She won bronze at the 2016 World Junior Girls' Championship and became a woman grandmaster in 2020. She studied world economics in Moscow before moving to Heidelberg for a master's degree. In 2022 she married grandmaster Dennis Wagner and began representing Germany. Winning the 2022 Women's German Masters earned her a place in the Women's Grand Prix. She won the Nicosia leg in 2023 despite entering as the lowest-ranked player in the field. That performance included victories over Aleksandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lagno, and she earned the international-master title in 2023.