25-year-old Russian IM Polina Shuvalova achieved a new personal best Blitz rating of 3003 on Chess.com and became the first woman to ever reach over 3000 Elo in Blitz on the platform.

The gap between Shuvalova and the second-highest rated woman player, Andorran WGM Narmin Mammadova, is 53 points, and she is No. 255 in the global rating. In total, Shuvalova has played 10,841 rated blitz games, winning 5,145, losing 4,497, and drawing 1,199, for a 47% win rate.

24-year-old Russian IM Polina Shuvalova (2502) is widely considered one of the most promising women talents in Russian chess. Shuvalova became World Youth Girls’ Champion 3 times and took 3rd place at the World Women’s Blitz Championship 2022.

Credit: Anna Shtourman