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P Cramling 
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Pia Cramling
Number of games in database: 604
Years covered: 1976 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2525
Highest rating achieved in database: 2550
Overall record: +212 -125 =265 (57.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (34) 
    D02 E10 A46 A41 A40
 Queen's Indian (33) 
    E12 E15 E16 E14
 King's Indian (27) 
    E60 E92 E90 E61 E71
 Slav (26) 
    D11 D17 D15 D18 D12
 Queen's Gambit Declined (25) 
    D37 D38 D30 D31 D35
 Semi-Slav (18) 
    D43 D44
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (122) 
    B42 B40 B48 B47 B43
 Slav (47) 
    D17 D15 D11 D12 D10
 Sicilian Kan (33) 
    B42 B43 B41
 Sicilian Taimanov (30) 
    B48 B47 B49 B46
 King's Indian (24) 
    E94 E62 E92 E90 E60
 Queen's Pawn Game (16) 
    A46 A41 D02 D00 A45
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Haring vs P Cramling, 1981 0-1
   P Cramling vs A Galliamova-Ivanchuk, 1994 1-0
   P Cramling vs Uhlmann, 1992 1/2-1/2
   P Cramling vs F Basta-Sohair, 2006 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Women WCC Index [FIDE 2000 Knockout Matches] by chessmoron

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PIA CRAMLING
(born Apr-23-1963) Sweden

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Pia A. Cramling was born on the 23rd of April, 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was awarded the WGM title in 1982, the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1992. She also won the Women's Chess Oscar in 1983. She is the younger sister of Dan Cramling and is married to Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez.

 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 604  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Van der Wiel vs P Cramling  ½-½20 1976 Wattignies Wch-16B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
2. Kasparov vs P Cramling ½-½19 1976 WattigniesC42 Petrov Defense
3. R Haring vs P Cramling 0-137 1981 VICC Women's TournamentB24 Sicilian, Closed
4. P Cramling vs B Hund  1-033 1981 VICC Women's TournamentA16 English
5. P Cramling vs G Andruet  ½-½78 1982 Gausdal INTB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
6. P Cramling vs Chiburdanidze  ½-½21 1982 Luzern ol (Women)B32 Sicilian
7. P Cramling vs Hort  ½-½31 1982 London LBB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
8. P Cramling vs Korchnoi ½-½42 1982 London LBC77 Ruy Lopez
9. P Cramling vs Hort  ½-½31 1982 BielB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
10. P Cramling vs P Moulin  1-035 1982 EU-ch U20B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
11. M Muresan vs P Cramling  0-127 1982 Luzern ol (Women)B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
12. Adorjan vs P Cramling  1-026 1983 It (cat.8)A14 English
13. P Cramling vs Speelman  ½-½17 1983 It (cat.8)B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
14. Ftacnik vs P Cramling  1-050 1984 BielA61 Benoni
15. P Cramling vs P Ostermeyer  ½-½46 1984 ReykjavikB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
16. P Cramling vs I Rogers  1-046 1984 Biel SwitzerlandB01 Scandinavian
17. P Cramling vs Petursson  0-154 1984 It opB32 Sicilian
18. Hort vs P Cramling 1-042 1984 BielA00 Uncommon Opening
19. P Cramling vs Korchnoi 1-033 1984 Biel ,MCL 02B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
20. Petursson vs P Cramling  0-118 1984 It ReykjavikB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
21. P Cramling vs J Yrjola  ½-½20 1984 GausdalB08 Pirc, Classical
22. P Cramling vs G Fischdick  1-040 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Women)A04 Reti Opening
23. P Cramling vs N Alexandria  ½-½56 1984 TbilisiB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
24. P Cramling vs Alburt  1-044 1984 Bunadarbanka (Iceland)B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
25. Geller vs P Cramling 1-047 1984 ReykjavikB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
 page 1 of 25; games 1-25 of 604  PGN Download
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Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.
Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  strifeknot: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.> Are you never not a cretin?
Jun-30-08   square dance: whoa. whoa. whoa! whats with the unnecessary use of double negatives? is nothing sacred anymore?
Jun-30-08   Jim Bartle: There's no reason not to use double negatives. Sometimes it's not unintelligent...
Jun-30-08   Akavall: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.>

If we accept that rating inflation exists, then every active player is an example of rating inflation.

Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.>

Inflate yourself by guessing her moves against Korchnoi.

P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984

See if you can get five correct guesses.

Jul-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: The chessdom coverage of the North Urals Tournament has the best picture of her I've seen in years.
Oct-15-08   Eggman: Here's Cramling on YouTube, playing Epishin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMe...
Nov-10-08   Eggman: Hmm. I just noticed that P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984 isn't listed among Cramling's notable games here. But surely this game is quite famous, n'est pas?
Nov-10-08   nescio: <Eggman: Hmm. I just noticed that P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984 isn't listed among Cramling's notable games here. But surely this game is quite famous, n'est pas?> Ah oui, but if I remember correctly the choice of a game as notable depends on the number of times that game is present in game collections. You could ask chessgames.com about the precise criteria.
Dec-11-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  BishopBerkeley: Very nice picture of GM Cramling at Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_Cr...

(: B Bishop Berkeley B :)

Dec-28-08   Eggman: Here's an amusing game from 2008 pitting Cramling against a player rated 1566: H Lim vs P Cramling, 2008
Feb-18-09   GrahamClayton: <waustad>The chessdom coverage of the North Urals Tournament has the best picture of her I've seen in years.

<waustad>,
None of the other players in the North Urals tournament were born when Pia reached the #1 female ranking in the world!

Mar-05-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Since the early 1980s, Pia Cramling has been <one of the strongest> female players in the world. She regularly plays on the Swedish (Men's) team in the World Chess Olympiads, one of only three women to regularly play on the "men's" teams.

In <1992>, she was awarded the title of grandmaster by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

Cramling, married to the Spanish grandmaster Juan Bellon, lived in Spain for a number of years.

She won the <2003> women's European Individual Chess Championship.

She was member of the Monte Carlo Chess Club which won the European Club Cup twice in <2007 and 2008>.

She won the Mon Roi Grand Prix in <2007> and also took the second place with 6 points in International Women Masters tournament in Istanbul <last year>. She advanced to the semi final last year in FIDE World Women Chess Championship in Nalchik but eliminated by the eventual champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.

From: http://istanbul2009.fide.com/cramli...

Mar-08-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: Her play in Istanbul so far has been typical. She lost to the highest rated player (Humpy) and thrashed the lowest rated one.
Mar-08-09   Dredge Rivers: I loved her in The Naked Gun 33 1/3.

Oh, wait. That was Pia Zadora!

My bad. :)

Apr-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Happy Birthday, Pia!
Apr-23-09   WhiteRook48: Happy birthday!
Apr-23-09   Raisin Death Ray: She's 46.

Just entering her prime!

Go, Cougars!

Jun-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: Today went well for the distaff side at the Ruy Lopez tourney. Cramling and Koneru both won their round 2 games after drawing each other in the first round.
Jun-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: Adams attack was too much for her in round 3.
Jul-08-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: She's trying to get into sole possession of 2nd place in the Swedish championship right now. Berg has a sizable lead and drew today. http://elitserien.schack.se/SM/tfd....
Jul-10-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: With her win today, unless Berg win's his game, Tomorrow's game versus Berg will be for the Championship. Very different paths. Berg started by winning ll of his games and then started drawing. Cramling has come on strong later in the tournament.
Aug-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Cramling is shared first after four rounds in S:t Petersburg. The two other GMs are in the wrong end of the field, Peng Zhaoqin after starting with 0.5/4.

http://totalchess.spb.ru/kalend/200...

Oct-06-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Albertan: I have analyzed the first round game between GM Pia Cramling and WGM/IM Yelena Dembo from the 2009 European Cup Chess Tournament and posted this analysis to my blog:http://albertan1956.blogspot.com/. I hope you drop by and play through this analysis,especially if you like the King's Indian Defense.
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