Athletistic / Chess. Russian world chess champion Valentina Gunina shared how she fights lupus. It is a systemic autoimmune disease in which antibodies produced by the human immune system damage healthy cells.
“I take blocking pills that alleviate pain, as well as a hormone. The disease can “sleep”, but against the background of certain events it sharply worsens. Lupus reacts to stress, and for me it s is clearly “awakened” after the appearance of SVO.
I was told it was all psychosomatic. I logically understood that this could not happen. Especially when you simply cannot get out of bed because of terrible weakness,” Gunina said according to Sport-Express.
At the 2023 World Blitz Championship, held at the end of December last year in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Gunina started the tournament with seven consecutive victories and managed to maintain her lead until the decisive round. In the 17th round, she defeated Ukrainian Anna Muzycha and secured victory in the tournament. Note that after the match, due to political events in the world, Muzychuk refused to shake the Russian’s hand.
Source: Sport
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