Bibisara Assaubayeva


Bibisara Assaubayeva is a Kazakhstani chess player. She has been world girls' champion in her age category. Assaubayeva holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster and FIDE Master.

Biography

Born in Taraz, Kazakhstan, Assaubayeva played her first chess game at the age of four, taught by her grandfather. She won her first city championship when she was six years old. She achieved the title of Woman FIDE Master in 2011, at the age of 7, when she won the World Youth Championships in Caldas Novas, Brazil in the Girls U8 section. Assaubayeva also competed in artistic gymnastics being a champion of Astana several times.
In 2016 she moved with her family to live in Moscow and switched her federation affiliation to Russia. Assaubayeva won a gold medal at the World Cadets Championships in Batumi, Georgia in the Girls U12 category, and the next year, she won a silver in the Girls U14 division in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Also in 2017, at the age of 13, Assaubayeva competed in the European Individual Championship in Minsk. She won three games, lost three and drew four, gaining a norm for the title of International Master.
In 2019 Assaubayeva decided to move back to Kazakhstan and switched her national federation to her native country; she never applied for the Russian citizenship while living in Russia. In March 2019 she made her debut in the Kazakhstani national team at the Women's World Team Championship on the 3rd and 2nd boards and gained 5 points out of 9; the result was the best in the team.

Controversies

Russian grandmaster and coach Evgeniy Solozhenkin accused Assaubayeva of cheating during the World Youth U14 in Uruguay. The FIDE ethics commission has suspended Solozhenkin for making unsubstantiated allegations of cheating, published in different articles on the internet. A group of grandmasters has written an open letter in support of Solozhenkin. The family of Bibisara Assaubayeva sued in the court Solozhenkin for defamatory allegations made in public and media that offended the honor and dignity of Bibisara Assaubayeva.The Appellate Moscow court obliged Solozhenkin to bring apologies, to refute his allegations in media, delete defamatory articles and recover from him compensation sum of 100 thousands rubles.

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