NATALIJA POGONINA (born Mar-09-1985, 40 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] WFM (2001), WIM (2002), WGM (2004). WGM Natalija Andreevna Pogonina was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai and learned to play chess at the age of 5 from her grandfather. Championships Pogonina's early successes include winning the Russian U14 Girls championship in 1998. She was =1st at the Russian U18 Girls in 2001 and is two-times European girls champion (U16 in 2000, U18 in 2003), bronze winner at the World Championship (U18) (Girls) in 2003, =1st at the Russian Junior Championship (Girls) in 2003 and 2004, and outright winner of that event in 2005, She also won bronze at the European Championship (Women) (2009). She contested the 2004 Women's World Championship and the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010) but was eliminated in the first round on both occasions. In March 2012, she scored 7.5/11 in the European Championship (Women) (2012) (EIWC) to place =5th (10th on tiebreak and with a TPR of 2501), and then followed up in June 2012 by scoring an undefeated 8/11 (TPR 2514) to take outright second place in the Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2012), signaling a return to her playing strength of a couple of years ago. Her latter result also qualified her to participate in the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2012), in which she went one better to win outright with 6.5/9 (+4 =5), and a TPR of 2611. In August 2013, she scored a solid 7.5/11 at the European Championship (Women) (2013). Pogonina qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) and defeated compatriots, IM Svetlana Matveeva and former Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, in the first two rounds before losing to the eventual winner, Ukrainian IM Anna Ushenina, in the third round, thereby bowing out of the title contest. Her result in the 2012 EIWC qualified her to play in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2015). There she won through to the final, defeating Qi Guo, Wenjun Ju, Marie Sebag, Xue Zhao and Pia Cramling in the preliminary rounds (also winning the IM title and a GM norm for her efforts), to play for the women's crown against Mariya Muzychuk. Unfortunately for her, she lost the final match by 2.5-1.5 (+0 =3 -1). Classical Tournaments Pogonina won the L'viv Hopes-5 Women in 2002 with 11/13 and the bronze medal at the North Urals Cup (2007). Co-winner of the 2008 Student World Championship, and first at multiple prestigious international tournaments: 2006 Bykova Memorial with 8.5/9, the Rudenko Memorial 2007 with 8/9 and the C section (women's) of the Moscow Open 2009 with 8/9, Pogonina also came equal first (2nd on rapid game tie break behind Alisa Galliamova) in the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2010). In 2011, she scored 6/10 in the Gibraltar Masters (2011) and in 2014 she scored a respectable 5.5/10 at the Gibraltar Masters (2014). In May-June 2014, she competed in the Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup, and played strongly to score 6/9. Team Play <Olympiads> Pogonina represented Russia in the Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008) scoring 6/7 (+5 =2 -0) on first reserve, and was top board for Russia 2 in Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010), scoring 5.5/11. She achieved her best result so far when she won team and individual gold (playing on board 5) in the Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2012) held in Istanbul, scoring 6.5/8 (+6 =1 -1). She again played board 5 for Russia at the Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014), remaining undefeated to score 5.5/7 and help her team to another gold medal for the event. <National and Club events> She won team gold as a member of her Russian team for the women's blitz final and the bronze medal in the women's team rapid final at the 1st International Mind Sports Games in 2008. 2011 was an excellent year for Pogonina in team play. Playing for her club, AVS Krasnoturinsk, she won team gold and individual silver at the European Club Cup (Women) (2011), and playing for Russia, she won team gold and individual gold at the European Team Championship (Women) (2011) and team silver and individual silver medals at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship (2011). The combination of winning in both the European Club and European Team championships in the same year is unique in both the women's and men's competitions. Playing board 3 for Russian, she won bronze and helped her team to a bronze medal at the Women's World Team Championship (2013). She helped her team Ugra to win gold at the Russian Team Championship (Women) (2013), also taking individual gold for her 4.5/5 points, which represented a 2757 rating performance. Pogonina wound up 2013 playing board 3 for Russia in the European Team Championship (Women) (2013), helping her team to silver and winning individual bronze for her board. In 2014, she played board 2 for Yugra (Khanty) in the Russian Women's League and helped her team to win the gold medal. She also played board 2 for the Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk region club in the 2014 European Women's Club Cup, scoring individual bronze and helping her team to 4th place in the event. Personal Pogonina has an MA in law from the Saratov State Academy of Law. Her hobbies include flamenco, music, photography, traveling, sports, literature and poetry. She is married to Peter Zhdanov (User: Peter Zhdanov), and they have a son, Nikolai (born 18 November 2009). She is also a member of chessgames.com as User: Natalia Pogonina, and an occasional commentator and analyst here for live broadcasts of games. Award Pogonina was awarded the national title of <Russian Grandmaster> in 2006 or 2007 in recognition of her achievements and contribution to the game in Russia. (1) Rating Pogonina's highest rating to date was 2508 in July 2014 when she was ranked the No. 15 woman player in the world. Her highest ranking was No. 14 on the women's list in April 2009 and May 2010 when she was rated 2501. Sources (1) Natalija Pogonina, Wikipedia article: Гроссмейстер (шахматы); http://www.rg.ru/2007/12/08/sport-d... and Natalija Pogonina (kibitz #657). Live rating: http://pogonina.com/index.php?optio...; Website: http://pogonina.com/; Wikipedia article: Pogonina Last updated: 2024-04-23 05:32:24

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page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,622  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Pogonina vs Y Kaschenko 1-0 38 1996 Volgograd op B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. N Zajnullina vs N Pogonina ½-½ 16 1996 Volgograd op B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 3. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   0-1 28 1996 Volgograd op D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. N Pogonina vs A Kizhikina 1-0 32 1996 Volgograd op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. M Dolgova vs N Pogonina 1-0 45 1996 Volgograd op B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 6. V Savchuk vs N Pogonina   1-0 48 1996 Volgograd op C60 Ruy Lopez 7. T Baranchikova vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 31 1996 Volgograd op B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. N Pogonina vs A Sorokina   1-0 48 1996 Volgograd op C42 Petrov Defense 9. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   ½-½ 38 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 10. N Pogonina vs M Zabiran   1-0 50 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C52 Evans Gambit 11. N Pogonina vs E Karnaukhova 0-1 25 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 12. N Pogonina vs L Kucherova   1-0 60 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B33 Sicilian 13. T Eremina vs N Pogonina   0-1 36 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. T Kosintseva vs N Pogonina   1-0 63 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 15. J Gokbulut vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 81 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 16. E Meshcheriakova vs N Pogonina 0-1 38 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 17. L Dezhurko vs N Pogonina   0-1 37 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B27 Sicilian 18. L Galustova vs N Pogonina   0-1 66 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B01 Scandinavian 19. Y Melnikova vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 52 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C49 Four Knights 20. O Druzhinina vs N Pogonina   0-1 61 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. N Pogonina vs N Zajnullina   1-0 17 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C50 Giuoco Piano 22. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   1-0 23 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. N Pogonina vs O Kuchkova 1-0 33 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C05 French, Tarrasch 24. N Pogonina vs Korbut   1-0 29 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B32 Sicilian 25. N Pogonina vs M Komiagina 1-0 40 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,622

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 22 OF 29 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-30-14    Domdaniel: Good luck in Gibraltar, Natalia. It seems pretty strong this year, but it's a good place to be in January. Feb-03-14    cro777: Natalia Pogonina plays the Short Attack against Nigel Short In Round 7 of the 2014 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, Natalia met GM Nigel Short. Against Short's Caro Kann she opted for the Short Attack (4.Nf3) of the Advance Variation. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. a5 click for larger view Interestingly, we met the same Black's set-up in the Chessgames challenge The World vs Varuzhan Akobian 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 Nf5 9. c3 h6 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Ne7 8. a5 Nf5 9. c3 h6 click for larger view N Pogonina vs Short, 2014 The World vs Akobian, 2012 Feb-04-14    cro777: <Natalia Pogonina>: "I've been told this during my Gibraltar master class. However, I wasn't even aware that the line is called the Short Attack when I played it. I don't pay much attention to the names when studying openings." Feb-05-14    GREYSTRIPE: The preferences of Grandmasters of Note~~ H- are to obtain victory and, therefore, achievements have been earned that way; there is no PR for people who earn nothing at the chess-board, nor should a novice make a sound. There are people who did not set foot in Boston who spoke loudly of the Tea Party. Mar-04-14    Natalia Pogonina: Finally verified on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pogonina If you follow me and send me a tweet saying that you are a friend from CG.com, I will follow you back! :P Mar-04-14    RedShield: No fear! You might send troops to occupy my account. Mar-09-14    Stonehenge: Happy Birthday :) Mar-09-14    Benzol: The picture here on the player page of Natalia is a really nice one. Good choice! :) Mar-09-14    moronovich: Happy Birthday <Natalia> Mar-10-14    joeyj: Happy Birthday WGM Pogonina !!! Mar-13-14    HeMateMe: Nice photo: this would be Natalie Pogonina, A. Kosteniuk, and ....? <https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...> Mar-13-14    Stonehenge: and Valentina Gunina. Apr-10-14    kingscrusher: Natalia, thanks for coming to the livestream last night. Here is the video now on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjR... Best wishes, K Apr-16-14    HeMateMe: Well done Natalie and team Ugra: <http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f...> Jul-06-14    waustad: She's playing on board 3 in the first round of the Women's European Individual Championship against Mihaela-Veronica Foisor. The only place I can find games is on the official site, so maybe they don't want chessbomb or chessdom broadcasting. Here is the link to the games for now: http://www.eiwcc2014.eu/games.html Jul-07-14    HeMateMe: Kosteniuk not playing this year? I didn't see her name on the list of participants. Jul-07-14    waustad: <HHM>A lot of the usual suspects aren't there, including former winners Cmilyte and Cramling. Jul-07-14    HeMateMe: ...worried about their luggage being stolen? Jul-16-14    dumbgai: 5/10 against 2300 opposition, including 4 losses. Not a good result. Declining the Evans Gambit with Bb6 backfired badly today. Jul-19-14    HeMateMe: Natalie, can you tell us anything about the Russian position on the Norway fiasco? Is there a mechanism to get your team to the Olympiad? Jul-20-14    MissScarlett: < Is there a mechanism to get your team to the Olympiad?> Yes, it's called an aeroplane. I fear a rising tide of anti-Western sentiment in Russia may be behind Miss Pogonina's absence from the site since March. The popular perception is that we're riddled with spies and effeminate homosexuals. Jul-20-14    HeMateMe: how can people named Boris and Ivan be effeminate homosexuals? Jul-20-14    waustad: <I fear a rising tide of anti-Western sentiment in Russia may be behind Miss Pogonina's absence from the site since March.> Perhaps she has enough sense to detest politics as much as most other sane people. Jul-28-14    HeMateMe: Natalie and Ni: <http://d1lalstwiwz2br.cloudfront.ne...> Aug-11-14    HeMateMe: I think Natalie is board four for Russia, in the Olympiad: <http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f...> Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 29) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 22 OF 29 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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