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Dina Belenkaya
D Belenkaya 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons 

Number of games in database: 508
Years covered: 2008 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2238 (2168 rapid, 2087 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2364
Overall record: +145 -144 =95 (50.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 124 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (86) 
    B40 B30 B31 B51 B52
 King's Indian Attack (22) 
    A07
 Caro-Kann (20) 
    B13 B18 B12 B15
 Four Knights (19) 
    C47
 French Defense (16) 
    C07 C17 C03 C11 C05
 Pirc (10) 
    B08 B07 B09
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (108) 
    B12 B18 B10 B13 B15
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (47) 
    D27 D20 D26 D23 D28
 English, 1 c4 e5 (21) 
    A20 A28 A29 A22 A27
 Queen's Pawn Game (17) 
    D02 D00 A45 D05 E00
 Scandinavian (9) 
    B01
 King's Indian Attack (9) 
    A07
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Hoang vs D Belenkaya, 2017 0-1
   Alanoud Ishaq vs D Belenkaya, 2017 0-1
   D Belenkaya vs G Gajewski, 2023 1-0
   D Belenkaya vs M Korneva, 2014 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   1st Serbian Women's League (2022)
   Russian Team Championship (Women) (2016)
   Russian Team Championship (Women) (2018)
   Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2021)
   US Chess Masters (2023)
   US Masters (2024)
   Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2020)
   National Open (2025)
   European Championship (Women) (2019)
   Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2019)
   Reykjavik Open (2023)
   Chigorin Memorial (2013)
   European Championship (Women) (2015)
   European Championship (Women) (2021)
   Reykjavik Open (2024)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 National Open
   D Belenkaya vs P Y Iinuma (Jun-08-25) 1-0
   A Katz vs D Belenkaya (Jun-08-25) 1-0
   G Flom vs D Belenkaya (Jun-07-25) 1-0
   D Belenkaya vs P Atoufi (Jun-07-25) 1-0
   E Guo vs D Belenkaya (Jun-06-25) 1/2-1/2

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DINA BELENKAYA
(born Dec-22-1993, 31 years old) Russia (federation/nationality Israel)

[what is this?]

Twitch streamer and YouTuber who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster and National Arbiter. She is a four-time St. Petersburg women's champion, and has represented St. Petersburg at the Russian Women's Team Championship and the European Club Cup for Women. She won the Russian Women's Championship First League in 2011 at age 17. She has a peak FIDE rating of 2364.

Belenkaya graduated from St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University in 2018 with a degree in applied linguistics. She is trilingual with fluency in English, Russian and French, having learned the latter in part through spending two semesters in France.

Wikipedia article: Dina Belenkaya

Last updated: 2024-01-22 10:00:03

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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 508  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Giri vs D Belenkaya  1-047200827th Blokadny youthB40 Sicilian
2. B Kovanova vs D Belenkaya  1-0472009St Petersburg Rudenko Memorial (Women)B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
3. D Belenkaya vs N Aliavdin  0-1602010Wroclaw Chess FestivalB44 Sicilian
4. D Sadzikowski vs D Belenkaya  1-0482010Wroclaw Chess FestivalB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
5. D Belenkaya vs V Setkauskas  0-1492010Wroclaw Chess FestivalE12 Queen's Indian
6. A Zmarzly vs D Belenkaya  1-0522010Wroclaw Chess FestivalC42 Petrov Defense
7. A Krawczyk vs D Belenkaya  1-0402010Wroclaw Chess FestivalB24 Sicilian, Closed
8. D Belenkaya vs V Hetzer  1-0402010Wroclaw Chess FestivalD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
9. M Leks vs D Belenkaya  1-0572010Wroclaw Chess FestivalB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
10. N Paikidze vs D Belenkaya  1-0412010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
11. D Belenkaya vs D Voit  ½-½592010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)C42 Petrov Defense
12. A Kashlinskaya vs D Belenkaya  0-1472010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. D Belenkaya vs O Girya  ½-½452010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
14. D Belenkaya vs T Shadrina  0-1382010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
15. J Demina vs D Belenkaya  ½-½202010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
16. D Belenkaya vs T Molchanova  0-1512010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)E10 Queen's Pawn Game
17. T Avdeenko vs D Belenkaya  ½-½732010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)B23 Sicilian, Closed
18. D Belenkaya vs I Gromova  0-1402010Russian Championship Higher League (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
19. I Rozum vs D Belenkaya  1-0322010Chigorin Memorial Classic OpenD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
20. D Belenkaya vs M Matlakov  0-1392010Chigorin Memorial Classic OpenA60 Benoni Defense
21. D Belenkaya vs T Shadrina  1-0622011Russian Championship Higher League (Women)D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
22. A Bodnaruk vs D Belenkaya  1-0732011Russian Championship Higher League (Women)C42 Petrov Defense
23. D Belenkaya vs S Matveeva  0-1262011Russian Championship Higher League (Women)E12 Queen's Indian
24. Goryachkina vs D Belenkaya  ½-½772011Russian Championship Higher League (Women)D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
25. D Belenkaya vs S Zizlova  1-0612011Russian Championship Higher League (Women)B50 Sicilian
 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 508  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-01-13  whiteshark: Her FIDE profile: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

Beautiful photo taken at Russian HL of 2011: http://www.chesstigers.de/bilder/ro...

Mar-20-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Ray Keene retweeted a picture of this lady playing chess. Not sure why:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D18xiZ4...

Dec-28-21  brimarern: Her banter on Titled Tuesdays is instructive and hilarious at the same time! Check out one of them here! https://youtu.be/0YH3sBGjxJE
Jan-07-22  Albertan: Dina Belenkaya:My First Stream Was A Total Mess:

https://worldchess.com/news/all/din...

Jul-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Alex Schindler: how does the database not include her 2018 win over Luke McShane? It was rather a big deal and should be listed as a notable game, let alone listed altogether.
Jul-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: The database does not work by osmosis. In what event did the game occur?
Jul-13-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  DaltriDiluvi: Apparently the game was played in the 2018 Bunratty Masters. Source: https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/g...

(I'm not <Alex Schindler>, I just have too much spare time today.)

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