Vyanla Punsalan Explained

Vyanla Punsalan
Country:	New Zealand
Woman FIDE Master (2018)
Peakrating:	1991 (March 2024)
Fideid:	4305850

Vyanla M Punsalan (born in 2004) is a New Zealand chess Woman FIDE Master (WFM) (2018), New Zealand Women's Chess Championship winner (2022).

Chess career

In 2022 Vyanla Punsalan won New Zealand Women's Chess Championship.^[1] In 2023 she ranked in 3rd place in Oceania Zonal Chess tournament.^[2]

In 2023, in Baku Vyanla Punsalan participated in single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup and lost in 1st round to Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster Ulviyya Fataliyeva.^[3]

Vyanla Punsalan played for New Zealand 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.

Notes and References

1. https://www.times.co.nz/tag/new-zealand-womens-chess-champion-vyanla-punsalan/ New Zealand Women's Chess Champion Vyanla Punsalan
2. https://chess-results.com/tnr721660.aspx?lan=1&art=4 2023 Zone 3.6 Womens Championship
3. https://worldcup2023.fide.com/tree FIDE World Cup - Pairings Tree
4. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women. chess-results.com.
5. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 44th Olympiad Chennai 2022 Women. chess-results.com.