Nava Starr
Number of games in database: 51
Years covered: 1976 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2175
Highest rating achieved in database: 2208
Overall record: +20 -17 =14 (52.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

B01		Scandinavian (6 games)
A04		Reti Opening (4 games)
B22		Sicilian, Alapin (4 games)
C47		Four Knights (4 games)
B06		Robatsch (4 games)
C41		Philidor Defense (4 games)
A25		English (3 games)
C00		French Defense (3 games)
B23		Sicilian, Closed (2 games)
B08		Pirc, Classical (2 games)

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NAVA STARR (born Apr-04-1949) Latvia (citizen of Canada) [what is this?] Nava (Shterenberg) Starr is a WIM. She represented Canada at 12 Women's Olympiads (1976-84, 1988, 1992-6, 2002-6), mainly at 1st board. The team won 1st place in the B group in 1976. Some recent major team events of hers were 37th Chess Olympiad: Women (2006) , 36th Olympiad, Women (2004) & Olympiad, women (2002) - accumulating 71 wins, 29 losses, and 41 draws throughout her Olympiad representation. She represented Canada at the Women's World Championship 2001, at the Women's Interzonal (1978, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993) and became Canadian Women's Champion 8 times (1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2001). References: http://www.olimpbase.org/ (team chess catalog), http://www.chess.ca/ (Canadian zone site), http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nava....

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Watai vs N Starr 0-1 47 1976 Haifa ol (Women) prel C41 Philidor Defense 2. N Starr vs G Markovic   ½-½ 44 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Women) prel B22 Sicilian, Alapin 3. J Garwell vs N Starr   1-0 29 1978 Buenos Aires ol (Women) prel C41 Philidor Defense 4. L Carvalho vs N Starr   1-0 26 1980 Olympiad C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 5. P Cramling vs N Starr 0-1 26 1982 Women's Olympiad C42 Petrov Defense 6. Chiburdanidze vs N Starr   ½-½ 25 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Women) B01 Scandinavian 7. C Mazariego vs N Starr   0-1 43 1984 Olympiad C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 8. M Litinskaya-Shul vs N Starr   1-0 53 1990 Kuala Lumpur Interzonal (Women) A61 Benoni 9. N Starr vs N Gaprindashvili   0-1 43 1990 Izt (w) A04 Reti Opening 10. N Starr vs A Wong   ½-½ 23 1992 Manila ol (Women) B08 Pirc, Classical 11. N Starr vs B Marinello   ½-½ 40 1993 Jakarta Interzonal (Women) C00 French Defense 12. H Brodie vs N Starr   0-1 33 1995 It (open) C25 Vienna 13. N Khoudgarian vs N Starr   1-0 20 2000 Women's Ch. B01 Scandinavian 14. N Starr vs C Peptan 0-1 31 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 15. V Baltgailis vs N Starr   0-1 23 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women A20 English 16. B Mitrovic vs N Starr   ½-½ 41 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women A04 Reti Opening 17. N Starr vs J Trottier 1-0 38 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women B01 Scandinavian 18. N Starr vs S Chu   1-0 25 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. D Khaziyeva vs N Starr   0-1 61 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women A48 King's Indian 20. C Peptan vs N Starr   1-0 44 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO B06 Robatsch 21. N Starr vs M Bryskine   1-0 26 2001 zt 2.2 ch-CAN Women C47 Four Knights 22. N Ioseliani vs N Starr   1-0 38 2002 Olympiad, women A25 English 23. A Caoili vs N Starr 0-1 31 2002 Bled ol (Women) A48 King's Indian 24. P Saint-Amand vs N Starr   ½-½ 22 2004 77th Canadian Championship C41 Philidor Defense 25. N Starr vs T Krnan   0-1 27 2004 77th Canadian Championship C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 51

Aug-30-08    whiteshark: <Nava (Sterenberg) Starr (born Riga, Latvia, <April 4, 1949>) is one of the top female chess players in Canada. She is an eight-time Canadian Ladies' champion, and a Women's International Master (WIM). She has represented Canada 12 times in chess Olympiads, and six times in World Championships.> Source/bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nava_S...

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