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Batkhuyag Munguntuul (born on 8 October 1987 in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian chess player. She
became a WIM at the age of 13 and WGM at the age of 15 and right now she holds
the title of International Master.
In 2001 she won a bronze medal in the World
Youth Championship among girls U-14 and a silver medal among girls U-18 in 2005, she also shared
1-4 places among girls U-20. She showed great results in the Asian Zonal Chess
Championships and won a gold medal in that tournament in 2009. She also won
silver medals of the Asian Zonal Championship in 2003 and 2007.
In 2000 her
father went to work in an international institute in Moscow and her family moved there.
In 2003 she
won Russian Rapid Championship and Russian Blitz Championship in 2009. She
placed second in prestigious tournament Moscow Open in 2011.
She studied in Russian
State Social
University, which graduated from in
2010 and returned back to Mongolia.
In May 2010 she finished 7th at the Women's FIDE Grand Prix played in Nalchik.
http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com/interview-with-b.munguntuul.html
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