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Anna Zatonskih
Number of games in database: 234
Years covered: 1997 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2462
Highest rating achieved in database: 2475
Overall record: +96 -52 =85 (59.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (35) 
    B22 B20 B32 B47 B90
 French Defense (13) 
    C10 C04 C03 C05 C06
 Ruy Lopez (10) 
    C92 C94 C97 C65 C84
 French Tarrasch (9) 
    C04 C03 C05 C06 C07
 King's Indian (9) 
    E76 E62 E61 E69 E67
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (9) 
    C92 C94 C97 C84 C87
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (35) 
    C10 C07 C02 C11 C01
 French (15) 
    C10 C11 C00
 French Tarrasch (10) 
    C07 C05
 Nimzo Indian (10) 
    E32 E54 E20 E46
 Queen's Pawn Game (9) 
    D00 A46 A45
 Queen's Indian (8) 
    E15 E12 E14
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Votava vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1
   I Krush vs A Zatonskih, 2009 0-1
   R Goletiani vs A Zatonskih, 2009 0-1
   N Karolina-Ortiz vs A Zatonskih, 2002 0-1
   R Forthofer vs A Zatonskih, 2006 0-1
   P Charbonneau vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Zatonskih! by larrewl

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ANNA ZATONSKIH
(born Jul-17-1978) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America)

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Anna Zatonskih was born July 17, 1978 in Mariupol, Ukraine. She learned chess at age 5 and won girls' championships of Ukraine in several different age categories before finally winning the "overall" women's championship in 2001 and 2002. She became a WGM (Woman Grand Master) in 1999 and obtained the International Master title in 2003. She was part of the American team that won the silver medal in the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004). Zatonskih is the 2006, 2008 and 2009 US Women's Champion and currently lives with her husband in Ohio. Her husband is GM Daniel Fridman.

 page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 234  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. M Litinskaya-Shul vs A Zatonskih  1-050 1997 ROM-chTE15 Queen's Indian
2. A Zatonskih vs M Litinskaya-Shul  ½-½23 1997 Predeal opB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. M Litinskaya-Shul vs A Zatonskih  1-031 1998 ROM-chTE12 Queen's Indian
4. A Zatonskih vs A Korotylev  1-031 1999 October GMB06 Robatsch
5. A Zatonskih vs Savon  ½-½14 1999 October GMC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
6. A Zatonskih vs Y Kruppa  0-138 1999 UKR-chTC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
7. Jobava vs A Zatonskih  ½-½65 1999 KharkovE15 Queen's Indian
8. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih  1-048 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC02 French, Advance
9. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas  1-057 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
10. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas  1-052 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
11. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih  1-076 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC02 French, Advance
12. Zhu Chen vs A Zatonskih  1-050 2000 Women's OlympiadE12 Queen's Indian
13. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas  0-152 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC41 Philidor Defense
14. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas  1-042 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC10 French
15. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih  ½-½36 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
16. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih  1-060 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC02 French, Advance
17. Li Ruofan vs A Zatonskih 0-112 2001 FIDE WCh Women KOC07 French, Tarrasch
18. A Zatonskih vs I Gaponenko  ½-½44 2001 ch-UKR WomenB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
19. A Zatonskih vs S Tereladze  ½-½60 2001 openB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
20. A Zatonskih vs N Aginian  ½-½35 2001 2nd ch-EUR WomenC03 French, Tarrasch
21. A Zatonskih vs M Sebag  0-138 2001 EuTChwB20 Sicilian
22. L Mkrtchian vs A Zatonskih  ½-½8 2001 2nd ch-EUR WomenC01 French, Exchange
23. A Zatonskih vs V Kalinin  ½-½64 2001 ch-UKR WomenC41 Philidor Defense
24. A Zatonskih vs N Jadvizhena  1-023 2001 ch-UKR WomenB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
25. A Zatonskih vs Mamedyarov  0-176 2001 openC42 Petrov Defense
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Jun-14-08   Akavall: <This is what I wrote: <All she wanted was to win the US Women's Championship>

Meaning: Zatonskih didn't want to do it by legal means.>

<All she wanted was to win the US Women's Championship>

Does not mean

<Zatonskih didn't want to do it by legal means.>

Jun-14-08   Augalv: <So instead of posting ridiculous and baseless accusations like that, you might as well not post at all.>

My accussations are based on the following: Zatonskih moved within Irina's time. If Irina had done the same she would have won quite easily considering she had a large time advantage.

<Btw, in your opinion, did Irina want to win by legal means only? If so, why did she hit the clock after knocking a rook off the board without even picking it up? That's by far the most "illegal" thing I've seen in that game)>

The rook was knocked off because Zatonskih didn't wait for Irina to hit the clock. If she had, the Rook definitely wouldn't have fallen. Her hands were too much in Irina's way for her to be able to make a move without knocking off a piece.

Jun-14-08   lorker: Everyone moves in the other person's time when they're down to their last seconds. You have to do that or you will lose. And as even world reknown people like Gijssen have said this isn't illegal, one shouldnt say Anna Zatonskih did anything illegal. She was just trying to win, as was Irina Krush, who it seemed to me was behaving just as badly, if not worse.
Jun-14-08   RookFile: I guess that's the point that keeps sailing over Augalv's head. The TD went to all that trouble to report that what Zatonskih did was not illegal, but he won't pay any attention to that little detail.
Jul-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Anna!
Jul-17-08   Petrosianic: <paulalbert> <Are we willing to accept the Armageddon Match result? First, it's not up to us.>

Maybe I phrased it badly. I didn't mean that it was up to us to render the decision. What I really meant was "Are we the public going to care about a title that's decided in that way?"

Jul-17-08   Phoenix: Maybe a better question today is whether we, the public, should recognize Anna's birthday just because she was "born" on this day.

Happy birthday, Anna!

Jul-17-08   Riverbeast: Happy Birthday, Anna -

She's won the championship of the Ukraine and the USA...Maybe she should now move to another country and see if she can win that championship also :-)

Jul-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  dx9293: It sounds strange to say this, but it seems to me that Anna Zatonskih is a little bit underrated as a chessplayer. She has a ~2450 Elo, but she doesn't get much mention as one of the top female players in the world.

Happy Birthday!

Jul-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Travis Bickle: Hello Anna! She is a very nice person and good chess player! I used to play her at 2 minute blitz Master Challenge on the old WCN chess site. I also had the priviledge to have a chess lesson with Anna on The Ruy Lopez!
Jul-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: <Travis Bickle> WCN was a terrible website run by incompetent admins and miserable mods who never became GM's. So glad they failed and went out of business.
Jul-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Travis Bickle: Yeah But I got to play Susan Polgar at blitz, Larry Christiansen, Lev Pshakis, many more GM's and Irina Krush. They had banter chess where Masters would talk out their moves, with audio for Broadcasts and lectures. Tell me of a better site where you had such close contact with chess pro's?
Sep-16-08   kramputz: Blitz games are the comedy of chess.
Years ago blitz games were outlawed in the Soviet Union.
Apr-25-09   Dredge Rivers: Please, Anna, bury the hatchet with Irina Krush. (But not in her head!) :)
May-09-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  zdigyigy: Anna is beautiful!!
May-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wild Bill: Get well soon, Anna.
Sep-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Anna must have duel USA/Russia citizenship? She has played for the USA women's Olympiad, and is playing here for Russia in team competition.
Oct-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Caissanist: Since she wasn't born in Russia, I wouldn't think that she was ever a Russian citizen. There don't seem to be any rules against representing a different country, so long as there are no objections from the federation you normally represent.
Oct-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wild Bill: 8 1/2 out of nine!!

Congratulations, Anna.

Oct-13-09   Phoenix: Absolutely an outstanding score.
Oct-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Travis Bickle: Congratulations Anna Z!! 8.5/9 What an oustanding score!!! I used to play blitz with you on the old WCN. Do you remember? ; P
Oct-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <Travis> I never thought you were the Blitz and Tell type ;-p
Oct-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Travis Bickle: OD Anna was very friendly and used to chat with me for a few moments when i said hello. She was very personable! ; P
Oct-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  laskersteinitz: OD, very clever word play there, hehehe!
Oct-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Winter: Anna the Great!
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