Valentina Golubenko
Number of games in database: 122
Years covered: 1999 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2269
Highest rating achieved in database: 2316
Overall record: +49 -40 =33 (53.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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A46		Queen's Pawn Game (8 games)
A49		King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 (5 games)
A43		Old Benoni (5 games)
C12		French, McCutcheon (4 games)
B01		Scandinavian (4 games)
D11		Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (4 games)
D02		Queen's Pawn Game (4 games)
A07		King's Indian Attack (3 games)
A58		Benko Gambit (3 games)
A15		English (3 games)

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VALENTINA GOLUBENKO (born Jul-29-1990) Russia (citizen of Croatia) [what is this?] WGM Valentina Golubenko plays for Croatia and won the Girls U18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2008. Wikipedia article: Valentina Golubenko

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 122  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Vachier-Lagrave vs V Golubenko   0-1 37 1999 Wch U10 B30 Sicilian 2. V Golubenko vs N Kharmunova   1-0 58 2001 EYCC G12 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. V Golubenko vs N Darbinyan   1-0 61 2001 EYCC G12 A44 Old Benoni Defense 4. V Golubenko vs G Olarasu   ½-½ 60 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 5. T Stepovaia-Dianchenko vs V Golubenko   1-0 36 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B24 Sicilian, Closed 6. V Golubenko vs I Ionica   ½-½ 61 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 7. J Krivec vs V Golubenko 0-1 20 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 8. Pokorna vs V Golubenko   0-1 68 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 9. V Golubenko vs I Gromova   1-0 43 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 10. V Golubenko vs I Sudakova   0-1 55 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. M Medic vs V Golubenko   ½-½ 55 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower A58 Benko Gambit 12. R Sargac vs V Golubenko   ½-½ 38 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower A58 Benko Gambit 13. B Franciskovic vs V Golubenko   0-1 77 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower A20 English 14. V Golubenko vs A Corke   1-0 40 2006 WGM Mediterranean Flower D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 15. V Golubenko vs A Van Weersel   1-0 28 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) E12 Queen's Indian 16. L Drljevic vs V Golubenko 1-0 49 2007 European Team Chess Championships (Women) B01 Scandinavian 17. N Kosintseva vs V Golubenko   1-0 45 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) C78 Ruy Lopez 18. V Golubenko vs S Melia   1-0 24 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) A13 English 19. S Pertlova vs V Golubenko   0-1 44 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 20. V Golubenko vs T Rantanen   1-0 50 2007 European Team Chess Championships (Women) D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. V Golubenko vs M Socko   ½-½ 64 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) E12 Queen's Indian 22. L Mkrtchian vs V Golubenko   0-1 30 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) A33 English, Symmetrical 23. J Houska vs V Golubenko   ½-½ 34 2007 European Team Chess Championships (Women) B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 24. Bosboom-Lanchava vs V Golubenko   1-0 40 2007 European Individual Championships (Women) A33 English, Symmetrical 25. M Tsiganova vs V Golubenko   ½-½ 48 2007 European Team Chess Championships (Women) D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 122

Jan-03-06    Karpova: here is a nice article on her life and career: http://www.chessbase.com/eventartic... Jan-01-08    WTHarvey: Valentina is now a WGM. Here's a little collection of puzzles from her games: http://www.wtharvey.com/golu.html Feb-08-08    whiteshark: Valentina Golubenko in snowy Vladimir: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2005/... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Oct-30-08    sonia91: The new U18 girls world champion, Congratulations! Dec-07-08    whiteshark: Bio + background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valent... Nov-05-11    whiteshark: Here is a more recent picture of her: http://www.chessbase.de/2010/khanty... Jun-10-12    ketchuplover: May your mother rest peacefully. Jun-11-12    wordfunph: rest in peace, Anastasia Golubenko.. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

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