Xeniya Balabayeva (born 26 December 2005) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) (2024).

In 2018 Xeniya Balabayeva won Western Asia Youth Chess Championship in G14 age group.^[2] In 2019 she won Asian Youth Rapid Chess Championship in G14 age group.^[3] In 2020 Xeniya Balabayeva won Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in G16 age group with a hundred percent result - 9 out of 9.^[4] In 2021 she won Asia Youth Chess Championship in G16 age group.^[5]

In 2021 Xeniya Balabayeva ranked in 2nd place in Kazakhstani Youth Chess Championship in G20 age group^[6] and Kazakhstani Women's Chess Championship.^[7] In this same year she won Online World Youth Chess Championship in Girls under 16 age group.

Xeniya Balabayeva played for Kazakhstan in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

• In 2022, at third board in the 44th Chess Olympiad (women) in Chennai (+3, =5, -2);^[8]
• In 2024, at third board in the 45th Chess Olympiad (women) in Budapest (+4, =5, -0) and won team silver medal.^[9]

In 2021, she was awarded the FIDE Women International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Women Grandmaster (WGM) title three years later.

• Xeniya Balabayeva rating card at FIDE
• Xeniya Balabayeva player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Xeniya Balabayeva chess games at 365Chess.com