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'{{Short description|German chess player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Dinara Wagner | image = Dinara Wagner at Dortmunder Schachtage 2023.jpg | caption = Wagner in 2023 | country = {{flag|Russia}} (until 2022)<br>{{flag|FIDE}} (2022)<br>{{flag|Germany}} (since 2022) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|25 May 1999|df=true}} | birth_place = [[Elista]], [[Kalmykia]], [[Russia]] | death_date = | death_place = | title = {{ublist|[[Woman Grandmaster]] (2020)|[[Woman International Master]] (2014)}} | rating = | peakrating = 2447 (June 2023) | FideID = 24157570 }} '''Dinara Wagner''' ({{née|Dordzhieva;{{efn|{{lang-ru|Динара Мергеновна Дорджиева|Dinara Mergenovna Dordzhieva}}}}}} born 25 May 1999) is a Kalmyk-born [[German Chess Federation|German]] [[chess]] player. Until 2022, she played for the [[Chess Federation of Russia]]. Since 2020, she holds the title [[Woman Grandmaster]]. ==Biography== Wagner is from [[Elista]], the capital of the [[Republic of Kalmykia]]. During her childhood, she won the Russian Junior Chess Championships for girls five times.<ref name="perlenvombodensee-2022-04-26">{{cite web |accessdate=2022-05-02 |url=https://perlenvombodensee.de/2022/04/26/heinemann-fuehrt-beim-masters/ |date=2022-04-26 |title=Heinemann führt beim "Masters"}}</ref> Since 2014, she holds the title [[Woman International Master]] and in 2016 she came in third at the [[World Junior Chess Championship|World Girls Junior Championship]]. She was the best female player at the 2019 European Rapid Chess Championships, and the following year she achieved the title [[Woman Grandmaster]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.schachbund.de/news/german-masters-der-frauen-2022-das-sind-die-spielerinnen.html |title=German Masters der Frauen 2022: Das sind die Spielerinnen |date=2022-04-14 |accessdate=2022-05-02 |publisher=[[Deutscher Schachbund]]}}</ref> At the [[Higher School of Economics]] in Moscow, Wagner studied the [[world economy]], graduating in 2020 with a bachelor's degree.<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2022-05-24 |url=https://www.hse.ru/en/edu/vkr/364643524 |title=Comparative Analysis of Institutional Conditions for the Development of Solar Energy in Spain and in Russia |date=2020 |publisher=[[Higher School of Economics]] |author=Dordzhieva Dinara}}</ref> She then moved to [[Heidelberg]] and started a master's degree in economics at [[Ruprecht-Karls University]]. In 2022, she married fellow chess player [[Dennis Wagner (chess player)|Dennis Wagner]].<ref name="perlenvombodensee-2022-04-26"/><ref>{{cite web |accessdate=2022-05-02 |url=http://instagram.com/bs_n_sun |title=Dinara |publisher=[[Instagram]]}}</ref> ===German Masters 2022=== After the beginning of [[Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022]], Wagner left the [[Chess Federation of Russia]], temporarily played under the [[FIDE]] flag, and joined the [[German Chess Federation]] in May 2022.<ref name="perlenvombodensee-2022-04-26"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://perlenvombodensee.de/2022/03/31/europameisterschaft-40-ukrainer-kaum-russen/ |title=Europameisterschaft: 40 Ukrainer, kaum Russen, keine Weißrussen |date=2022-03-31 |accessdate=2022-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ratings.fide.com/fedchange.phtml?year=2022 |title=Transfers in 2022 |publisher=[[FIDE]] |accessdate=2022-05-05}}</ref> In the same year she won the {{ill|German Masters (chess)|lt=Women’s German Masters|de|German Masters (Schach)}} tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.schachbund.de/news/dinara-wagner-gewinnt-das-german-masters-der-frauen.html |title=Dinara Wagner gewinnt das German Masters der Frauen! |accessdate=2022-05-02 |publisher=[[Deutscher Schachbund]] |date=2022-04-30}}</ref> This win earned her Germany’s invitation (as co-organizer) to the [[FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022–23]], part of the Women’s World Championship cycle 2023–2025.<ref>[https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/regulations_WGP_2022_23.pdf “Regulations for FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022–23”], fide.com</ref><ref>[https://wcc.fide.com/womencycle2023_2025.phtml ″FIDE Women’s World Championship cycle 2023–2025″], fide.com</ref> ===Women’s Grand Prix 2022–23=== Wagner started the series as by far the lowest ranked player, almost 100 [[Elo rating system|Elo]] below her next nearest competitor, and more than 200 behind the highest-rated, [[Aleksandra Goryachkina]].<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr676619.aspx?lan=1 “FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series 2022-2023 - 1st Leg - Nur-Sultan (Astana) KAZ“], chess-results.com</ref> ====Astana and first IM norm==== The [[Astana]] tournament started badly for Wagner with two consecutive losses. Her play generally in Astana was marked by [[Rules of chess#Timing|time trouble]], but she recovered with a series of draws, and two wins versus [[Alexandra Kosteniuk|Kosteniuk]] and [[Alina Kashlinskaya|Kashlinskaya]] (this last, her favorite game at the tournament). After Kosteniuk utilized the [[Grand Prix Attack]] against her [[Sicilian Defense]], Wagner said that before the game, she thought, “‘Ha! It would be funny if someone played the Grand Prix during the Grand Prix’, but unfortunately I didn’t prepare it”. She spent 30 minutes on move eight of that game.<ref>”Interview with WGM Dinara Wagner | WGP | Round 4”, FIDE Chess, youtube.com </ref> There were late tournament losses to [[Kateryna Lagno]] and [[Tan Zhongyi]], but a last round win over [[Polina Shuvalova|Shuvalova]] secured her a first [[International Master|International Master norm]] and a share of 6th (of 12).<ref>[https://womengrandprix.fide.com/astana2022/tpost/d4lkoj07l1-2022-astana-womens-grand-prix-kateryna-l “Astana Grand Prix 2022: Kateryna Lagno, Winner”], fide.com</ref> ====Setbacks in Munich==== In the Munich leg, Wagner finished 12th of 12. Michael Rahal’s report notes that she “only slightly underperformed with respect to her rating (-5 points)”.<ref>[https://womengrandprix.fide.com/tpost/r5exrc55e1-alexandra-kosteniuk-wins-the-2023-womens “Alexandra Kosteniuk wins the 2023 Women’s Grand Prix Tournament in Munich”], fide.com</ref> ====Victory in Nicosia and first GM norm==== In the final leg in [[Nicosia]], Wagner finished in clear first with 7/11, including victories over Goryachkina and Lagno. She also achieved her second IM norm and her first [[FIDE titles#Grandmaster (GM)|Grandmaster norm]]. When asked what she planned to do with her winnings, she said that in Munich, she told herself, “‘If I will play well, I will go to one of the stores and buy a designer bag’… so I think I will buy myself something nice!”<ref>[https://womengrandprix.fide.com/tpost/1hfm13rli1-wgm-dinara-wagner-reigns-in-cyprus “Diana Wagner Reigns in Cypress”], fide.com</ref><ref>”FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Nicosia - Round 11” (4:41:04), FIDE Chess, youtube.com</ref> ===Sportland NRW Cup 2023=== To mark the 50th anniversary of the [[Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting|Sparkassen Chess Meeting]] in Dortmund in June, the usual small elite event became a festival of chess called the 50th International Sparkassen Chess Days, with a number of concurrent events such as the No Castling Masters, won by [[Fabiano Caruana|Caruana]], a large open event, won by [[Alexander Donchenko|Donchencko]], and the Sportland NRW Cup, in which Wagner participated. With a new peak rating due to her exploits in Nicosia, Wagner started ranked fourth by rating, behind grandmasters from India, Uzbekistan and Israel.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr785778.aspx?lan=1&art=0&fed=GER&flag=30 “Sportland Cup starting rank”], chess-results.com</ref> She began with two consecutive wins against grandmaster opponents, and finished in clear first with 7/9, the only player to go unbeaten throughout the tournament. In the last round, “In a better position, I offered a draw and secured the tournament win”.<ref name=base>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/dortmund-festival-2023-d9 “Caruana, Donchenko and Wagner triumph in Dortmund”], Chessbase.</ref> A performance rating of 2643 against this strong international opposition meant that Wagner also secured her second GM norm.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr785778.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=GER&flag=30&snr=4 “Sportland Cup Player Info”], chess-results.com</ref><ref name=base></ref> ==FIDE ratings== {{elo chart}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * {{FIDE}} * {{365Chess.com player}} * {{chessgames player}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wagner, Dinara}} [[Category:1999 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Chess woman grandmasters]] [[Category:German female chess players]] [[Category:People from Elista]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kalmykia]]'