SADUAKASSOVA Dinara

Date of Birth: 31 Oct 1996

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'9''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Chess	Women's Team KAZ Kazakhstan	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 1	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 2	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 3	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 4	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 5	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 6	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 7	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 8	Finished
	Hangzhou Qi-Yuan (Zhili) Chess Hall	Women's Team Round 9	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
World Championship
17	Women's Individual	2018	Khanty-Mansiysk, RUS
17	Women's Individual	2017	Tehran, IRI

Reading, music, learning languages, cinema, alpine skiing. (the-steppe.com, 01 Sep 2022; esquire.kz, 16 Aug 2022)

Languages spoken:

English, Kazakh, Russian

SK Schwabisch Hall [Germany]

She began playing chess at age five in Astana, Kazakhstan. She started training seriously when she was 10. (the-steppe.com, 01 Sep 2022; ztb.kz, 17 Mar 2018)

"When I enrolled in the chess group, they told my mother that I was too young, it was too early. There had never been a case that at such an age they began playing. Gradually the coach became happy for me. I was calm about victories, thinking that it should be so. And already at age eight I took first place in the city tournament among girls under 18." (zakon.kz, 17 Dec 2016)

Reaching the top 10 in the women's world rankings. (the-steppe.com, 01 Sep 2022)

Hungarian chess player Judit Polgar. (esquire.kz, 16 Aug 2022)

Philosophy:

"If you want to change the world, start with yourself." (esquire.kz, 16 Aug 2022)

She was named Breakthrough of the Year 2022 at the KazChess Awards held by the Kazakhstan Chess Federation. (inform.kz, 13 Mar 2023)

She was named Best Female Chess Player at the 2017 Asian Chess Excellence Awards in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. (inform.kz, 26 Dec 2017)

Additional Information

General
ACADEMY
In December 2018 she opened the Dinara Saduakassova Chess Academy in Kazakhstan. The school has branches in Astana and Atyrau and provides vocational training for children and adults in the Kazakh, Russian, and English languages. "I have always tried to make my own contribution to ensuring that everyone in our country who wants to learn how to play chess professionally has such an opportunity. I wish people could learn chess at any age. In Kazakhstan, in the field of chess, there has always been a shortage of high-level educational institutions with highly qualified coaching staff. As serious successes appeared and a number of awards were won, I increasingly thought about developing my own courses or training sessions. I always wanted to share my experience, to help other people find themselves." (the-steppe.com, 01 Sep 2022; academyofchess.kz, 01 Aug 2020; ortcom.kz, 04 Dec 2018)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
In March 2021 she was elected onto the athletes' commission of the International Chess Federation [FIDE]. She has served as chairperson of the organisation for a period of six months. In 2017 she became the UNICEF [United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund] Goodwill Ambassador in Kazakhstan. "I am grateful to UNICEF for the trust and I want to assure you that I will do my best to justify this trust. I want us to achieve results together, so that children are surrounded by care and attention, so that they have the opportunity to convey their opinion to adults and influence decisions that concern their lives." (fide.com, 02 Mar 2021; unicef.org, 17 Nov 2017)

AUTHOR
In 2014 she published a book called 'First Steps in Chess'. In 2018 she released another book called 'Learning to Play Chess'. "If my first book was aimed at beginners and contained the earliest games, simple problems, the second book is addressed to chess players, coaches, teachers, parents. The collection can be used both for training and for self-study. My global goal is to popularise the game of chess in Kazakhstan and central Asia." (academyofchess.kz, 01 Aug 2020; ortcom.kz, 04 Dec 2018)

Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event