Vyanla Punsalan
New Zealand chess player (born 2004)
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Vyanla M. Punsalan (born in 2004) is a New Zealand chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM), and the 2022 New Zealand Women's Chess Champion.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2004 (age 21–22) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Title | Woman FIDE Master (2018) |
| Peak rating | 1991 (March 2024) |
Chess career
In 2022 Punsalan won New Zealand Women's Chess Championship.[1] In 2023 she ranked in 3rd place in Oceania Zonal Chess tournament.[2]
In 2023, Punsalan participated in single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup in Baku, losing in the first round to Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster Ulviyya Fataliyeva.[3]
Punsalan played for New Zealand[4][5] in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
- In 2018, at second board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad (women) in Batumi (+5=2−3).[4]
- In 2022, at second board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+7=2−1).[5]
In 2018, she was awarded the Women FIDE Master (WFM) title.[citation needed]
