Natalia Pogonina's Official Website

All chess fans and people who like beautiful girls - welcome to WGM Natalia Pogonina's website! There you will find lots of nice photos, Natalia's blog, chess games, tactics problems, etc.

Don't miss a great opportunity to communicate in person with a world-class chess player (#14 on the April 2009 rating list)!

Natalia Pogonina (born on March 9, 1985) is one of the best female chess players in the world

Woman Grandmaster (WGM), three-times European champion (U16, twice U18), bronze prize winner at the World Championship (U18) and European Women Championship, winner of the gold medal at the 1st International Mind Sports Games,co-winner of the 2008 Student World Championship, and #1 at multiple prestigious international tournaments (2006 – Bykova Memorial, 2007 – Rudenko memorial, 2009 – Moscow Open, etc.)

Her current FIDE rating is over 2500 – a mark that is associated with the title of a male Grandmaster.