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Zara Nakhimovskaya

Number of games in database: 40
Years covered: 1954 to 1968
Overall record: +8 -8 =24 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ZARA NAKHIMOVSKAYA
(born Jun-06-1934, 90 years old) Latvia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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She was Latvian women's champion in 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1962.

Latvian Wikipedia article: Z%C4%81ra Nahimovska

English Wikipedia article: Zara Nakhimovskaya

Last updated: 2020-02-11 14:28:01

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Tikhomirova vs Z Nakhimovskaya  0-16219542nd Soviet Team CupC24 Bishop's Opening
2. Z Nakhimovskaya vs R Esterkina  ½-½4019542nd Soviet Team CupA15 English
3. N Rusinkevich vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½2619542nd Soviet Team CupC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
4. Z Nakhimovskaya vs V Timofeeva  1-04319542nd Soviet Team CupD56 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. V Lobanova vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½5219542nd Soviet Team CupC47 Four Knights
6. Z Nakhimovskaya vs E Alfeevskaja  ½-½2119542nd Soviet Team CupE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
7. E Kakabadze vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½4119542nd Soviet Team CupC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
8. Z Nakhimovskaya vs L Volpert  ½-½4619542nd Soviet Team CupA48 King's Indian
9. N Ivashina vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½4419542nd Soviet Team CupC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
10. Z Nakhimovskaya vs B Vaisberg  0-12719542nd Soviet Team CupA04 Reti Opening
11. E Bykova vs Z Nakhimovskaya  1-02819585th Soviet Team Championship FinalC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. L Volpert vs Z Nakhimovskaya  1-04119592nd Soviet Spartakiad qual-3A44 Old Benoni Defense
13. Z Nakhimovskaya vs E Bykova 1-07319592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-AC02 French, Advance
14. V Borisenko vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½6819592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-AA43 Old Benoni
15. Z Nakhimovskaya vs M Togonidze  ½-½2019592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-AE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
16. B Vaisberg vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½1619592nd Soviet Spartakiad Final-AA07 King's Indian Attack
17. M Lauberte vs Z Nakhimovskaya  1-0231960Latvian Championship (women)A07 King's Indian Attack
18. S Rootare vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½401960Match Latvia - EstoniaC22 Center Game
19. Z Nakhimovskaya vs S Rootare  1-0601961Estonia - LatviaD13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
20. Z Nakhimovskaya vs K Zvorykina  1-0431962Minsk-RigaE93 King's Indian, Petrosian System
21. V Kausilaite vs Z Nakhimovskaya  0-1341962Lithuania - LatviaB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
22. L Volpert vs Z Nakhimovskaya  ½-½341962URS-chT finalA05 Reti Opening
23. Z Nakhimovskaya vs K Zvorykina  ½-½2019628th Soviet Team ChampionshipA54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
24. N Spikiene vs Z Nakhimovskaya  0-1341962URS-chT finalB10 Caro-Kann
25. Z Nakhimovskaya vs V Borisenko  0-1401962URS-chT finalA88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
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Mar-29-09  Karpova: Mikhail Tal on Tal vs Portisch, 1965 after 1...c6:

<After Portisch's first move I feverishly began to recall which variations I had not yet adopted in tournaments. To my aid came reminiscences as a trainer. Last year in the USSR Ladies' Championship I assisted Zara Nakhimovskaya, and since the Riga lady, in answer to 1 e4, plays only 1...c6, we studied the various systems of the Caro-Kann literally for a whole day. As it happened, Konoplyeva chose the 2 ♘c3 d5 3 ♘f3. From the opening Nakhimovskaya obtained an excellent position, but all the time I felt that somewhere White could have played better (although, of course, I didn't mention this to Zara).>

Pages 310-311 of Tal, Mikhail: "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal", London 1997

Sep-13-09  whiteshark: <Zara I. Nakhimovskaya>

Birthdate 13-9-1931
Nationality ISR

When did she emigrate?

Sep-14-09
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  Open Defence: hmmm but that game is not in the db...
Sep-14-09  parisattack: Chesslabs has it...
Sep-13-10  whiteshark: <When did she emigrate?> No before Dec 1968.

Her last tounament in the BigDatabase is Russian Team Championship played in Riga in Dec 1968.

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