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Kira Zvorykina
Number of games in database: 53
Years covered: 1954 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2056
Highest rating achieved in database: 2109
Overall record: +23 -12 =18 (60.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B31		Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (3 games)
A48		King's Indian (2 games)
A04		Reti Opening (2 games)
B91		Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation (2 games)
B06		Robatsch (2 games)
C78		Ruy Lopez (2 games)
E87		King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox (2 games)

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KIRA ZVORYKINA (born Sep-29-1919, died Sep-06-2014, 94 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Kira Alexeyevna Zvorykina was born in Nikolayev, Ukraine and married Alexey Suetin. Awarded the WIM title in 1952 and the WGM title in 1977, she was Women's World Championship Challenger in 1960. She was also USSR Women's champion in 1951, 1953 and 1956. Belarusian champion (w) in 1960, 1973 and 1975. Wikipedia article: Kira Zvorykina

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Zvorykina vs P A Mothersill   1-0 31 1954 ENG-URS B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 2. K Zvorykina vs O Ignatieva   1-0 78 1954 URS-chT D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. K Zvorykina vs Zezina   1-0 35 1954 URS-chT E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 4. K Zvorykina vs M Lauberte   ½-½ 87 1954 URS-chT B56 Sicilian 5. P A Mothersill vs K Zvorykina   ½-½ 52 1954 ENG-URS B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 6. K Zvorykina vs L Rudenko   ½-½ 41 1954 URS-chT E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox 7. K Holuj vs K Zvorykina   0-1 38 1955 BLR-POL m A07 King's Indian Attack 8. K Zvorykina vs K Holuj   1-0 34 1955 BLR-POL m B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 9. K Zvorykina vs Tal 0-1 39 1955 Vilnius C28 Vienna Game 10. Suetin vs K Zvorykina 1-0 21 1957 Ch URS (1/4 final) A00 Uncommon Opening 11. Gipslis vs K Zvorykina   1-0 51 1957 Ch URS (1/4 final) C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 12. K Zvorykina vs M Teodorescu   ½-½ 43 1957 Olympiad (Women) fin-A 1st A25 English 13. K Zvorykina vs Gladkov 1-0 25 1958 White Russian Ch C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 14. E Bykova vs K Zvorykina ½-½ 77 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS C78 Ruy Lopez 15. O Rubtsova vs K Zvorykina 0-1 35 1959 Candidates Tournament (Women) B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 16. K Zvorykina vs E Bykova 0-1 44 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS C16 French, Winawer 17. K Zvorykina vs E Bykova   1-0 77 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 18. E Bykova vs K Zvorykina   1-0 44 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS E15 Queen's Indian 19. K Zvorykina vs I Golyak   1-0 20 1959 URS-chT B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 20. E Bykova vs K Zvorykina   1-0 57 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. K Zvorykina vs E Bykova ½-½ 60 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 22. K Zvorykina vs E Bykova   ½-½ 41 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 23. S Rootare vs K Zvorykina   0-1 37 1959 URS-chT A48 King's Indian 24. E Bykova vs K Zvorykina   ½-½ 64 1959 Moscow, WCH Woman RUS D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 25. E Ladanyike-Karakas vs K Zvorykina   ½-½ 17 1959 Candidates Tournament (Women) C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 53

Feb-27-05    Gypsy: Borisenko - Zvorikina, USSR, 1962. W = Kf4; Pa3, c3. b3, g4 B = Kg6; Pa5, b5, d4 Black to play... This is the coolest pawn-ending I ran into lately. At a superficial glance, Black position looks holess. But it is not hopeless at all! 1...a4!! 2.Ke4 b4! 3.Kxd4 bxa3 4.Kc3 Kg5 5.d4 Kxg4 0:1. Sep-17-06    percyblakeney: Zvorikina (or is it Zvorykina?) may be 87 years old, but she's still playing rated games and is 2071 at the moment. In 1959 she had 2.5-2.5 in the title match but missed the win in game 6 and eventually failed to become World Champion: E Bykova vs K Zvorykina, 1959 Sep-29-06    BIDMONFA: Kira Zvorykina ZVORYKINA, Kira http://www.bidmonfa.com/zvorykina_k... _ Mar-17-09    whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kira_Z... Zvorykina married grandmaster and chess trainer Alexey Suetin and together they had a son, Aleksandr, born 1951. Dec-19-09    Oliveira: <Gypsy> Yeah, that was a really cool round-off. V. Borisenko - K. Zvorykina, USSR, 1962 - Black to play click for larger view Sep-06-14    stanleys: Sad news: Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina has died yesterday :( R.I.P Mar-04-16    alexmagnus: <Kira Alexeyevna Zvorykina was born in Nikolayev, Ukraine (formerly USSR)> "Formerly USSR" is definitely wrong as the Soviet Union was not yet founded in 1919. Even its predecessor, the Soviet Ukraine, was founded in 1920. But which country did Nikolayev belong to on September 29th of 1919? I cannot give a definite answer, but most probably it was <Ukrainian People's Republic> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrai...)

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