Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - Russian chess player Valentina Gunina won the World Blitz Championship in Samarkand.

Over the course of 17 rounds, she scored 14 points, securing the world title.

In second place is Alexandra Kosteniuk with 13.5 points, who changed her sports citizenship from Russian to Swiss.

Third place went to China’s Zhu Jin’er with a score of 12.5 points.

It should be noted that the best result among the participants from Uzbekistan was shown by Umida Omonova, who took 34th place.