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Kira Zvorykina

Number of games in database: 214
Years covered: 1951 to 2001
Last FIDE rating: 2056
Highest rating achieved in database: 2109
Overall record: +93 -67 =54 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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KIRA ZVORYKINA
(born Sep-29-1919, died Sep-06-2014, 94 years old) Russia
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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.

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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 214  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Zvorykina vs V Borisenko  1-0561951USSR Championship (Women)C44 King's Pawn Game
2. K Zvorykina vs E Malinova  1-0251951USSR Championship (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
3. K Zvorykina vs O Ignatieva  0-1871952Candidates Tournament (Women)B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
4. M Bain vs K Zvorykina  0-1311952Candidates Tournament (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
5. K Zvorykina vs N Hruskova-Belska  1-0661952Candidates Tournament (Women)C22 Center Game
6. K Zvorykina vs E Bykova  0-1531952Candidates Tournament (Women)B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
7. E Keller-Herrmann vs K Zvorykina  1-0541952Candidates Tournament (Women)A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
8. K Zvorykina vs M Karff  1-0361952Candidates Tournament (Women)B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
9. C Chaude de Silans vs K Zvorykina  1-0311952Candidates Tournament (Women)B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
10. K Zvorykina vs J Langos  1-0601952Candidates Tournament (Women)C70 Ruy Lopez
11. R M Bruce vs K Zvorykina  0-1321952Candidates Tournament (Women)A03 Bird's Opening
12. K Zvorykina vs S Reischer  1-0271952Candidates Tournament (Women)E07 Catalan, Closed
13. O Rubtsova vs K Zvorykina  ½-½411952Candidates Tournament (Women)A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
14. K Zvorykina vs F Heemskerk  1-0461952Candidates Tournament (Women)B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
15. M Berea de Montero vs K Zvorykina  0-1251952Candidates Tournament (Women)A21 English
16. K Zvorykina vs E Tranmer  1-0321952Candidates Tournament (Women)B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
17. V Borisenko vs K Zvorykina  ½-½291952Candidates Tournament (Women)D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
18. K Zvorykina vs A Sunnucks  1-0311954England - Soviet UnionB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
19. A Sunnucks vs K Zvorykina  ½-½521954England - Soviet UnionB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
20. V Borisenko vs K Zvorykina  ½-½5619542nd Soviet Team CupA61 Benoni
21. K Zvorykina vs O Ignatieva  1-07819542nd Soviet Team CupD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. L Bondarenko vs K Zvorykina  0-14419542nd Soviet Team CupA84 Dutch
23. K Zvorykina vs Zezina  1-03519542nd Soviet Team CupE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
24. O Semenova vs K Zvorykina ½-½5119542nd Soviet Team CupE60 King's Indian Defense
25. K Zvorykina vs L Rudenko  ½-½4119542nd Soviet Team CupE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
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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...
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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


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Sep-06-14  stanleys: Sad news: Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina has died yesterday :( R.I.P
Mar-04-16
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  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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