Vera Nebolsina

By the time she was twelve years old, Nebolsina was playing the Russian Women's 1st league—a high standard of competition. In 2004, she earned the title Woman International Master (WIM). There followed her most valuable victory to date, the World Junior Championship for Girls (under 20) at Yerevan in 2007 (at age 17). This result qualified her for the WGM title.

Nebolsina's highest junior ranking was achieved in January 2008, when she was listed by FIDE as No. 13 among the world's top 20 girl players. Statistics for her recent games, however, specifically her record with the black pieces (+30% −42% =27%), show need for substantial improvement to match that of her closest rivals.

Nebolsina was raised near Tomsk in western Siberia, and her family currently resides in Novosibirsk. When only four years old, she learned the basic moves from her mother Tatiana, who introduced her to other board games too, such as draughts and Go. Inspired to develop her chess skills further, she was then coached by her father Valery, himself a chess master. By age six Nebolsina was playing in formal tournaments. Comfortably forging ahead of her peers, she regularly played in categories above her age group. This accelerated her progress and subsequent successes included winning the Russian Girls (under 8) Championship (at 7 years), and the World Youth Championship for Girls (under 10) in Oropesa del Mar 1998 (at 8 years).

Vera Nebolsina (born 16 December 1989, in Tomsk) is a Russian chess player. She earned the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) at age 17 in 2007.