Born in
Langepas, Girya won, at junior level, the gold medal in the girls U18 division of both
World Youth Chess Championships and
European Youth Chess Championships in 2009, silver in the girls U16 at the World Youth Championships in 2007 and in the girls U18 at European Youth Championships in 2008, and bronze in the girls U18 at World Youth Championship in 2008. She won the Russian girls U20 championship in 2010, and 2011. Girya took part in the
FIDE Women's Grand Prix series 2013–14 as host city nominee of
Khanty-Mansiysk. In the fourth stage, held in Khanty-Mansiysk, she placed second, behind
Hou Yifan, and achieved a norm for the title
Grandmaster. In February 2014, she won the women's open event ("Russian Women's Premier Cup") of the Moscow Open. In April 2014, Girya won the bronze medal at the Women's
World Rapid Chess Championship. In June, she won the women's section of the Russian Higher League, the qualifier for the
Superfinal of the women's
Russian Chess Championship. In the latter event Girya placed fourth. In November of the same year, she won the Women's Russian Cup, a knockout competition, by defeating
Anastasia Bodnaruk in the final. In 2016, Girya took part in the last three events of the
FIDE Women's Grand Prix series as one of the organisers' nominee. She finished tied for first place with
Natalija Pogonina in the 2018 Russian Women's Championship Superfinal and took the silver medal after losing the playoff. The next year Girya and Pogonina finished again tied for first. This time Girya won the playoff to become Russian women's champion. ==Team competitions==