Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
Number of games in database: 480
Years covered: 1995 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2411
Highest rating achieved in database: 2536
Overall record: +164 -97 =195 (57.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      24 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (56)      B23 B40 B51 B50 B52  French Defense (28)      C01 C11 C00 C14 C07  English (24)      A13 A15 A10 A11 A14  King's Indian Attack (23)      A07 A08  Ruy Lopez (22)      C78 C85 C60 C64 C63  English, 1 c4 c5 (18)      A30 A33 A34 A35 A37	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (84)      B30 B31 B32 B22 B58  King's Indian (20)      E94 E68 E69 E60 E96  Queen's Pawn Game (16)      E00 A45 D02 A40 D04  Tarrasch Defense (15)      D34 D32 D33  Queen's Gambit Declined (14)      D30 D38  Ruy Lopez (13)      C87 C77 C97 C85 C99

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Kovalevskaya vs Lahno, 2004 1-0
   Koneru vs E Kovalevskaya, 2004 1/2-1/2
   O Alexandrova vs E Kovalevskaya, 2004 1/2-1/2
   E Kovalevskaya vs O Kozlitin, 2002 1-0

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EKATERINA KOVALEVSKAYA (born Apr-17-1974) Russia [what is this?] Kovalevskaya is an IM and a WGM. She won the Women’s Russian Championship in 1994 and 2000 and was runner up in the European Championships (Women) in 2000 and 2001. She was a member of the Russian Olympic team in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 which won the silver medal in 1998 and the bronze in 2000 and 2004. Kovalevskaya reached the semi finals of the Women's World Championship in 2000, losing to eventual World Championship winner Xie Jun. She became Women's Vice-World Champion in 2004 after defeating Koneru Humpy in the semi final and losing the final match to Antoaneta Stefanova. She also played in the FIDE Women's World Championship (2006) reaching the quarter final, but was defeated in the rapid playoff games by Yuhua Xu. She contested the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012), but lost in the first round tiebreaker to IM/WGM Alisa Galliamova. Wikipedia article: Ekaterina Kovalevskaya

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 480  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Kovalevskaya vs Tseshkovsky   0-1 36 1995 St Petersburg op B08 Pirc, Classical 2. M Litinskaya-Shul vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 61 1996 Parnu-C A53 Old Indian 3. E Kovalevskaya vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 25 1996 UKR-ch (Women) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 4. E Kovalevskaya vs Ponomariov   0-1 62 1997 Krasnodar RUS Cup B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 5. Kholmov vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 39 1997 Komercni Banka op B56 Sicilian 6. E Kovalevskaya vs D Melnikov   1-0 28 1999 Chigorin mem C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. E Kovalevskaya vs T Shadrina   1-0 26 1999 49th ch-RUS (women) B01 Scandinavian 8. E Kovalevskaya vs I Kryukova   0-1 38 1999 49th ch-RUS (women) C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 9. E Kovalevskaya vs M Zielinska   1-0 35 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C14 French, Classical 10. Xie Jun vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 54 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO B30 Sicilian 11. Zhu Chen vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 41 2000 Women's Olympiad D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. E Kovalevskaya vs Chiburdanidze   1-0 27 2000 EU-ch (women) B50 Sicilian 13. M Zielinska vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 23 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO A27 English, Three Knights System 14. T Vasilevich vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 75 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. E Kovalevskaya vs Zhu Chen   0-1 50 2000 WCC C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 16. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun   ½-½ 52 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C47 Four Knights 17. Y Yakovlev vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 16 2000 Petroff Mem Open B50 Sicilian 18. Chiburdanidze vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 35 2000 EU-ch (women) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 19. E Kovalevskaya vs T Vasilevich   ½-½ 49 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 20. Natalie Lyze Amelie Payet vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 38 2000 WCC B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. Z Peng vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 36 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 22. Xu Yihua vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 43 2000 WCC B58 Sicilian 23. E Kovalevskaya vs Chiburdanidze   1-0 55 2000 EU-ch (women) C10 French 24. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun   ½-½ 66 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 25. E Kovalevskaya vs A Maric   ½-½ 52 2000 WCC C11 French  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 480

Aug-10-03    Ezely Nakhdov: What, no picture? Hmmm, she must have a lot of personality then. Just kidding, Ashley. Aug-06-05    Mameluk: Kovalevskaya has King on g1 in the middlegame against Lomeneishvili. If she had white, I wouldn´t mind it... Mar-16-06    BIDMONFA: Ekaterina Kovalevskaya KOVALEVSKAYA, Ekaterina http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovalevskay... _ Aug-31-07    Manuel Garcia: The best result in the Russian female chess team against China: +1 (5.5/10). She won a couple of nice endings, showing very fine technique.

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