Leya Garifullina

Leya Garifullina (born 5 November 2004) is a Russian chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

Chess career
She won the Girls Under-16 World Championship in 2019 in Bombay with 8.5 points out of 11. She tied for third in the Russian Women's Chess championship in December 2020.

She qualified for the Women's Chess World Cup 2021, where, ranked 44th, she beat Zenia Corrales Jiménez in the first round, before upsetting Olga Girya in the second round.