Career
Girya took silver in the World Under 16 Girls Championship in 2007. In 2008, she placed second in the European Under 18 Girls Championship and third in the same division of the World Youth Championship. She was the runner up at the World Junior Chess Championship (Girls) both in 2010 and 2011.
She competed in the Women"s World Chess Championship 2012: after defeating Iweta Rajlich in the first round, she was eliminated by Marie Sebag.
Girya played in four tournaments of the FIDE Women"s Grand Prix 2013-2014. In the latter she placed fourth.
Girya participated in the Women"s World Chess Championship 2015: she knocked out Ekaterina Atalik in the first round, but was eliminated in the second one by Valentina Gunina. In March 2015, she was the top scoring female player with 6.5/11 in the Vladimir Petrov Memorial, a rapid tournament held in Jurmala.
Girya made her debut in the national women"s team at the 39th Chess Olympiad (Women) playing on the second board for Russia B team
In 2012 she took part in the 8th China-Russia Match in Saint St. Petersburg, held with the Scheveningen system. She scored 2/5 in the classical part of the match. At the 41st Chess Olympiad (Women) she played on fourth board for the Russian team that took gold.
In July 2015 she played in the 9th Russia-China Match in Ningbo, scoring 4/10 in the blitz match and 2/5 in the classical encounter.
