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Alisa Galliamova
(born 18 January 1972) is a Russian chess player. She holds the FIDE
titles Woman Grandmaster and International Master.
In December
1997 she won the candidates tournament for the Women's World Chess
Championship held in Groningen,
Netherlands and was scheduled to play a match with Xie Jun, who finished second, in August,
1998.
After Zsuzsa Polgar had forfeited her title and the title was vacant, the
match between Alisa Galiamova and Xie Jun was held in Kazan, Russia and
Shenyang, China in August, 1999 and Xie Jun won by 8.5 - 6.5.
In March
2006, Galliamova again reached the finals of the FIDE Women's World Chess
Championship, competing against Xu Yuhua. Alisa Galliamova is a current national
champion, winning Russian women championship in 2010 and 2009. She's won
Olympic gold with Russian team at the last Olympiad in Khanti-Mansiysk.
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