Baira Kovanova
Number of games in database: 268
Years covered: 2001 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2377
Highest rating achieved in database: 2408
Overall record: +86 -77 =74 (51.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      31 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (43)      B50 B26 B91 B47 B42  Ruy Lopez (15)      C77 C65 C88 C78 C67  French Defense (11)      C00 C01 C11 C09 C03  Caro-Kann (10)      B11 B12 B18 B10  King's Indian Attack (10)      A07  French (7)      C00 C11	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (37)      C92 C96 C60 C78 C62  Ruy Lopez, Closed (27)      C92 C96 C91 C84 C99  Queen's Indian (18)      E15 E17 E12 E14  Nimzo Indian (18)      E32 E47 E46 E21 E58  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      A46 E00 A45 D00  English (5)      A14 A13 A17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Kovanova vs N Pogonina, 2010 1-0
   Ju Wenjun vs B Kovanova, 2009 1/2-1/2

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BAIRA KOVANOVA (born May-12-1987) Russia [what is this?] Kovanova is a WGM. She won the Russian Chess Championships Higher League (Women) (2012) outright with 9/11, qualifying for the 2012 Russian Women's Superfinal.

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Kovanova vs G Absava   ½-½ 32 2001 open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 2. Oleg Evstratov vs B Kovanova   ½-½ 36 2001 Chigorin mem open A80 Dutch 3. B Kovanova vs T Chalabashvili   1-0 43 2001 open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 4. G Lazhevsky vs B Kovanova   ½-½ 65 2001 Chigorin mem open C55 Two Knights Defense 5. N Vacheishvili vs B Kovanova   ½-½ 48 2001 open A22 English 6. B Kovanova vs A Smelov   0-1 77 2001 Chigorin mem open B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 7. P Qalagashvili vs B Kovanova   1-0 27 2001 open A22 English 8. B Kovanova vs A Utnasunov   0-1 42 2001 Chigorin mem open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. B Kovanova vs S Nikoladze   0-1 55 2001 open B07 Pirc 10. I Rudakov vs B Kovanova   0-1 40 2001 Chigorin mem open D00 Queen's Pawn Game 11. B Kovanova vs H Vardanian   ½-½ 30 2001 open B23 Sicilian, Closed 12. A Ignatiev vs B Kovanova 1-0 13 2001 Chigorin mem open A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 13. N Batsiashvili vs B Kovanova   ½-½ 62 2001 open A80 Dutch 14. P Malysheva vs B Kovanova   1-0 17 2001 Chigorin mem open B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 15. N Gurieli vs B Kovanova   1-0 54 2001 open B08 Pirc, Classical 16. B Kovanova vs E Ambrus   0-1 31 2001 Chigorin mem open C45 Scotch Game 17. B Kovanova vs F Tahirov   0-1 36 2001 open B07 Pirc 18. B Kovanova vs S Reutsky   ½-½ 59 2001 Chigorin mem open B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 19. K Rybenko vs B Kovanova   1-0 50 2003 RUS-ch U20 Girls C60 Ruy Lopez 20. B Kovanova vs N Krasilnikova   1-0 33 2004 RUS-ch U18 Girls C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4 21. B Kovanova vs J Zawadzka ½-½ 19 2005 BELFORT YWCC GU18 B50 Sicilian 22. B Kovanova vs A Savurko   1-0 42 2005 BELFORT YWCC GU18 A04 Reti Opening 23. B Kovanova vs J Gilbert   1-0 27 2005 BELFORT YWCC GU18 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 24. B Kovanova vs M Purtseladze   ½-½ 45 2005 BELFORT YWCC GU18 B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 25. B Kovanova vs M Belen Sarquis ½-½ 27 2005 BELFORT YWCC GU18 C50 Giuoco Piano  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 268

Apr-26-10    BIDMONFA: Baira Kovanova KOVANOVA, Baira http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovanova_ba... _ Jun-21-12    brankat: Five for five, so far, in the current Russian Women's Championship! Jun-27-12    twinlark: Well done and congratulations to WGM Kovanova, winning the Russian Women's Higher League.

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