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Congratulations to the winner of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 Valentina Gunina

January 10, 2024

Vladimir Putin congratulated Valentina Gunina, the winner of the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2023 in Samarkand.

The message reads, in part:

“You confidently passed the tournament distance, you were stronger than your famous rivals and rightfully became a two-time world blitz champion. Your success is a bright, significant page in the victorious chronicle of the Russian school of chess.”

January 10, 2024