Elena Sedina
Number of games in database: 295
Years covered: 1992 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2321
Highest rating achieved in database: 2425
Overall record: +99 -71 =115 (54.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      10 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (72)      B40 B22 B31 B27 B52  French Defense (18)      C02 C11 C00 C01 C03  Caro-Kann (10)      B10 B18 B12  Scandinavian (9)      B01  Pirc (7)      B07 B09  French (6)      C11 C00	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (58)      C11 C09 C01 C02 C18  Slav (35)      D11 D16 D17 D15 D10  French (18)      C11 C00 C10 C13  French Tarrasch (16)      C09 C03 C04 C05 C07  French Winawer (10)      C18 C17 C15  King's Indian Attack (10)      A07

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili, 2003 1-0
   E Sedina vs Yifan Hou, 2008 1-0
   J Jackova vs E Sedina, 2001 0-1
   K Dolzhykova vs E Sedina, 2009 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   EU-ch 4th, Women (2003)
   6th European Individual Women's Championship (2005)
   7th European Individual Championship: Women (2006)
   37th Chess Olympiad: Women (2006)
   2008 Women's Olympiad (2008)
   European Individual Championship (Women) (2008)
   10th European Individual Women's Championship (2009)
   Gibraltar (2010)
   European Individual Championships (Women) (2010)
   European Team Championship (Women) (2011)
   27th Cappelle-la-Grande (2011)
   Chess Olympiad (Women) (2012)

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ELENA SEDINA (born Jun-01-1968) Ukraine (citizen of Italy) [what is this?] WGM/IM Elena Sedina was born in Kiev and learned the rules of chess at the age of 7. She was awarded the WIM title in 1991, the WGM title in 1996 and the IM title in 1998. She moved to Italy in 1995 and palys for the Italian Chess Federation since April 2001. In 2005 she was the first woman ever to win the Australian 2005 Open Championship.

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 295  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Litinskaya-Shul vs E Sedina   1-0 48 1992 YUG-chT B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 2. E Sedina vs Miles   0-1 33 1996 It (open) C67 Ruy Lopez 3. Bozidar Perovic vs E Sedina   0-1 58 1996 Toscolano op A03 Bird's Opening 4. G Timoshchenko vs E Sedina   1-0 39 1997 Nova Gorica op 2nd C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 5. Kharlov vs E Sedina   1-0 31 1997 Biel MTO op D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. E Sedina vs Movsesian   ½-½ 34 1998 Groningen op B41 Sicilian, Kan 7. E Sedina vs Xie Jun   0-1 41 1998 Elista ol (Women) C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 8. E Sedina vs Ye Rongguang   0-1 34 1998 Groningen Open B01 Scandinavian 9. E Sedina vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 25 1998 Groningen Open C41 Philidor Defense 10. M Lacrosse vs E Sedina   0-1 37 1999 Saint Vincent Open A57 Benko Gambit 11. V Malakhov vs E Sedina   1-0 35 1999 Porto San Giorgio op 11th B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 12. E Sedina vs Drasko   0-1 49 1999 Saint Vincent Open C02 French, Advance 13. A Martorelli vs E Sedina   0-1 30 1999 Saint Vincent Open C00 French Defense 14. I Efimov vs E Sedina   ½-½ 51 1999 Saint Vincent Open A58 Benko Gambit 15. M Cebalo vs E Sedina   ½-½ 44 1999 Saint Vincent Open D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. E Sedina vs Vallejo-Pons   0-1 30 1999 Saint Vincent Open C02 French, Advance 17. E Sedina vs R Vera   ½-½ 51 1999 Saint Vincent Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 18. Razuvaev vs E Sedina   1-0 66 1999 Porto San Giorgio op 11th A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 19. E Sedina vs A Lugovoi   1-0 27 1999 Saint Vincent Open B07 Pirc 20. E Sedina vs G Timoshchenko 1-0 34 1999 Porto San Giorgio op 11th B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 21. P Straub vs E Sedina   0-1 38 2000 Stadt Casino op D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. T Nguyen vs E Sedina   0-1 43 2000 Istanbul ol (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. E Sedina vs P Horvath   0-1 39 2000 Stadt Casino op B40 Sicilian 24. E Sedina vs Y Xu   ½-½ 41 2000 Women's Olympiad B50 Sicilian 25. O Alexandrova vs E Sedina   0-1 63 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 295

Mar-09-05    Karpova: Elena Sedina (ITA) won the Australian 2005 Open Championship (the first woman ever!) with 8.5/11. Born in 1968 Titles: IM, WGM Mar-09-05    checkpat: I think that women have better claim to equality in chess than that! Very sad for Australia that the National competition is won by somebody under 2500 Mar-09-05    Open Defence: probably coz the notable Australian players represented other countries ? Mar-09-05    Karpova: <checkpat> <I think that women have better claim to equality in chess than that!> it's a great success for sedina. i didn't talk about female chessplayers in general. <Very sad for Australia that the National competition is won by somebody under 2500> why? she deserves this success. there have been strong GMs like Kengis Sep-05-08    sonia91: Today she won against Hou Yifan (!). Jun-01-10    weisyschwarz: Buon compleanno, Elena!

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