Mariya Muzychuk
Number of games in database: 298
Years covered: 2001 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2483
Highest rating achieved in database: 2490
Overall record: +102 -51 =103 (60.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      42 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (55)      B25 B51 B20 B90 B30  Scotch Game (13)      C45  Caro-Kann (11)      B18 B12 B17 B13  French Defense (8)      C01 C18 C16 C13 C14  Sicilian Taimanov (6)      B48 B45 B46  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A45 A40 E00	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (59)      B40 B33 B42 B43 B30  Dutch Defense (18)      A81 A85 A89 A84 A86  Sicilian Kan (16)      B42 B43 B41  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      E10 A46 A41 A45  Scandinavian (9)      B01  King's Indian Attack (7)      A07

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Muzychuk vs N Gaprindashvili, 2012 1-0
   J Dworakowska vs M Muzychuk, 2007 0-1
   Vaganian vs M Muzychuk, 2011 0-1
   M Muzychuk vs S Swaminathan, 2010 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   7th European Individual Championship: Women (2006)
   European Individual Championships (Women) (2007)
   European Individual Championship (Women) (2008)
   10th European Individual Women's Championship (2009)
   Corus (C Group) (2010)
   Chess Olympiad (Women) (2010)
   Women's World Chess Championship (2010)
   European Individual Championships (Women) (2010)
   European Team Championship (Women) (2011)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2012)
   28th European Club Cup (Women) (2012)
   Tradewise Gibraltar (2013)

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MARIYA MUZYCHUK (born Sep-21-1992) Ukraine [what is this?] IM & WGM Mariya first made her mark in high level Girls U10 competitions: in 2001, she won the championship of Ukraine, and in the same year was third in the European Championship and runner up in the World Championship. In the Girls U12 competitions, Mariya took second place in the European Championship in 2002 and in 2004, won the Championship of Ukraine and equal came equal third in the World Championship held in Crete. In 2008, she was equal runner up behind Dronavalli Harika in the Girls Division of the World Junior Championship. She won the 72nd Ukrainian Women's Championship 2012 in Kharkiv with 6.5/9 (+4 =5 -0) ahead of Kateryna Lahno and Anna Ushenina on tie-breaks. She qualified for the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and won the first two rounds of matches against Cristina Adela Foisor and Maritza Arribas Robaina respectively, before conceding the third round to GM Zhao Xue. Her sister is Anna Muzychuk. Wikipedia article: Mariya Muzychuk

page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 298  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Muzychuk vs K Skinke   ½-½ 53 2001 EYCC G10 B07 Pirc 2. S Vetrila vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 26 2001 EYCC G10 B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 3. M Muzychuk vs K Gabrilaviciuete 1-0 16 2001 EYCC G10 C50 Giuoco Piano 4. M Muzychuk vs H Zeynalova 1-0 25 2001 EYCC G10 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 5. M Muzychuk vs E Jussupow   ½-½ 95 2001 EYCC G10 A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 6. M Porat vs M Muzychuk   0-1 76 2001 EYCC G10 A52 Budapest Gambit 7. T Berintan vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 20 2001 EYCC G10 A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 8. E Ovod vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 49 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship A80 Dutch 9. M Muzychuk vs J Houska 1-0 85 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship C51 Evans Gambit 10. M Muzychuk vs I Gaponenko   0-1 20 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B20 Sicilian 11. M Muzychuk vs K Smokina   1-0 80 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 12. M Muzychuk vs Y Dembo   ½-½ 53 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. P Malysheva vs M Muzychuk   1-0 49 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 14. M Klinova vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 50 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship B01 Scandinavian 15. M Muzychuk vs T Kostiuk   0-1 39 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship C59 Two Knights 16. M Socko vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 106 2005 6th European Individual Women's Championship A86 Dutch 17. S Melia vs M Muzychuk 0-1 31 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women B33 Sicilian 18. G Breslavska vs M Muzychuk   ½-½ 30 2006 Ukrainian Women Championship B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 19. E Polovnikova-Atalik vs M Muzychuk   1-0 37 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit 20. I Gaponenko vs M Muzychuk   1-0 61 2006 Ukrainian Women Championship B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. M Muzychuk vs L Mkrtchian   1-0 57 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women C53 Giuoco Piano 22. M Sebag vs M Muzychuk   1-0 31 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women B01 Scandinavian 23. M Muzychuk vs K Dolzhykova   ½-½ 20 2006 Ukrainian Women Championship C01 French, Exchange 24. M Muzychuk vs N Zdebskaja   1-0 34 2006 Ukrainian Women Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 25. M Muzychuk vs Bosboom-Lanchava 0-1 66 2006 7th European Individual Championship: Women B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 298

Nov-03-05    SickedChess: I am the first in both Muzychuk pages! :) Mariya is nice girl and better chess player Nov-03-05    Robin01: We need a picture! Nov-03-05    WannaBe: <Robin01> http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Nov-03-05    Robin01: <WannaBe> Thanks. Now, we need to post one on this page. Nov-03-05    paulalbert: Anna and Mariya in the chessbase article which I saw when it was written were from the Ukraine. Anna plays now for Slovenia. Did the family move? Paul Albert Nov-03-05    WannaBe: <paulalbert> According to this web site (very slow load, every slower scroll...) have them listed as 2 separate countries of residence. Anna is listed Slovenia, and Mariya is listed as Ukraine. http://www.belfort-echecs.com/bem20... Feb-04-06    chessmaster pro: How old is Mariya 13??? Apr-09-06    BIDMONFA: Mariya Muzychuk MUZYCHUK, Mariya http://www.bidmonfa.com/muzychuk_ma... _ Apr-10-06    SickedChess: Mariya lost two games in a row in the EuroChamp but she won many games when her opponents blundered Nov-26-07    SickedChess: Mariya pic! http://www.monroi.com/tournamentgat... Apr-06-08    WTHarvey: Mariya moved up 4 places on the April FIDE Girls' ranking to #7, gaining 30 points. Here are some critical positions from her games: http://www.wtharvey.com/mzym.html Aug-14-08    SickedChess: latest pic of Mariya http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... Sep-21-08    Alphastar: happy birthday! Mar-18-09    paulalbert: Mariya is now 1/2 point ahead of her higher rated sister Anna at the European Women's Championship with 7, a point behind the leader. Anna's performance has been a little disappointing, given at 2540 she started as the tournament rating leader. Dec-02-09    Billy Vaughan: She'll be playing in Corus C next year. http://www.coruschess.com/participa... Jan-21-10    wanabe2000: Mariya just won her first game at Corus (Group C) and now is +1-2=2. Her siser, Anna, has a credible score of +0-1=4 in the tough (Group B). Jan-22-10    Billy Vaughan: Mariya Muzychuk: the only participant so far in Corus C who hasn't been run over by the Ray Robson bulldozer. Jan-22-10    Paraconti: <SickedChess> Nigel Short looks like her in this pic. Feb-18-10    Tabanus: She was 8th in Corus C 2010 with +4 =4 -5 Today she was 2nd in Cotroceni 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr302... Dec-03-11    waustad: She beat Vaganian today at the Czech Coal tournament: http://www.praguechess.cz/poradane-... Dec-06-11    waustad: Half way through she and Robert Huebner are leading their respective sections of the tournament at +2 each. Sep-21-12    brankat: Happy Birthday Mariya! Oct-05-12    Karpova: She won the 72nd Ukrainian Women's Championship 2012 in Kharkiv with 6.5/9 (+4 =5 -0) ahead of Lahno and Ushenina on tie-breaks. Zhukova came in 4th with 5.5. http://www.ukrchess.org.ua/turnir/U...

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