 Batkhuyag Munguntuul in 2023 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1987-10-08)8 October 1987 (age 38) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Mongolia |
| Title | International Master (2010) Woman Grandmaster (2003) |
| Peak rating | 2467 (September 2011) |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mongolian:Батхуягийн Мөнгөнтуул; born 8 October 1987) is a Mongolianchess player who holds theFIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She competed in theWomen's World Chess Championship in2008 and2010.
Munguntuul took part in theFIDE Women's Grand Prix series in2009–10 as host city nominee, and2011–12 as FIDE president nominee. Her best results were sharing fifth place inNalchik in 2010[2] and finishing in sixth place atAnkara in 2012.[3] She won the 2010 Women's World University Chess Championship inZurich.[4] In 2011, she won the silver medal in the women's individual chess event at theSummer Universiade inShenzhen.[5]
Munguntuul has played for the Mongolian team in theWomen's Chess Olympiad, the Women's Asian Nations Cup and the2006 Asian Games.
She also competed in theFIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019. She started the tournament with a FIDE rating was 2421, ranking her as 145th out of the 154 players competing. She started the tournament strong. As of the third round she was the highest ranked female player (ranked 27th overall), on two draws and a win. This placed her in elite company, with the top 30 players averaging a FIDE rating of 2663.5. As of the third round, the next highest ranked player in the tournament which had a FIDE rating below her was placed 140th. The next two games were lost, followed by 3 draws, a loss, a win and finally a draw. Ultimately placing her 107th on 5 points.[6][7]
