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

Vyanla Punsalan
Personal information
Born2004 (age 2122)
Chess career
CountryNew Zealand
TitleWoman FIDE Master (2018)
Peak rating1991 (March 2024)

Chess career

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

In 2023, Punsalan participated in single-elimination Women's Chess World Cup in Baku, losing in the first round to Azerbaijani Woman Grandmaster Ulviyya Fataliyeva.[3]

Punsalan played for New Zealand[4][5] in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

In 2018, she was awarded the Women FIDE Master (WFM) title.[citation needed]

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