Anna Zatonskih
Number of games in database: 181
Years covered: 1997 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2458
Highest rating achieved in database: 2475
Overall record: +70 -41 =70 (58.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (33)      B22 B20 B47 B32 B90  French Defense (11)      C04 C03 C05 C10 C06  Ruy Lopez (9)      C94 C92 C97 C65 C87  French Tarrasch (8)      C04 C03 C05 C06  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C94 C92 C97 C87 C90  Sicilian Taimanov (5)      B47 B45 B48	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (33)      C07 C10 C02 C11 C01  French (15)      C10 C11 C00  French Tarrasch (9)      C07  Queen's Indian (8)      E15 E12 E14  Nimzo Indian (8)      E32 E20 E46  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      D00 A46 A45

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Charbonneau vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1
   Carolina Ortiz vs A Zatonskih, 2002 0-1
   Votava vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1
   Shabalov vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Zatonskih! by larrewl

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ANNA ZATONSKIH (born Jul-17-1978) Ukraine (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Anna Zatonskih was born July 17, 1978 in Mariupol, Ukraine. She learned chess at age 5 and won girls' championships of Ukraine in several different age categories before finally winning the "overall" women's championship in 2001 and 2002. She became a WGM (Woman Grand Master) in 1999 and obtained the International Master title in 2003. She was part of the American team that won the silver medal in the 36th Olympiad, Women (2004). Zatonskih is the 2006 US Women's Champion and currently lives with her husband in Ohio. Her husband is GM Daniel Fridman.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 182  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Litinskaya-Shul vs A Zatonskih   1-0 50 1997 ROM-chT E15 Queen's Indian 2. A Zatonskih vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 23 1997 Predeal op B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. M Litinskaya-Shul vs A Zatonskih   1-0 31 1998 ROM-chT E12 Queen's Indian 4. A Zatonskih vs Y Kruppa   0-1 38 1999 UKR-chT C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 5. A Zatonskih vs Savon   ½-½ 14 1999 October GM C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 6. Jobava vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 65 1999 Kharkov E15 Queen's Indian 7. A Zatonskih vs A Korotylev   1-0 31 1999 October GM B06 Robatsch 8. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas   1-0 52 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 9. Zhu Chen vs A Zatonskih   1-0 50 2000 Women's Olympiad E12 Queen's Indian 10. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih   1-0 76 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C02 French, Advance 11. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas   0-1 52 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C41 Philidor Defense 12. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas   1-0 42 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C10 French 13. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 36 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 14. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih   1-0 60 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C02 French, Advance 15. M Arribas vs A Zatonskih   1-0 48 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C02 French, Advance 16. A Zatonskih vs M Arribas   1-0 57 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 17. A Zatonskih vs T Kononenko   ½-½ 11 2001 ch-UKR Women C47 Four Knights 18. N Maisuradze vs A Zatonskih   0-1 40 2001 open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 19. A Zatonskih vs Khurtsidze   ½-½ 14 2001 FIDE WCh Women KO B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 20. B Kharashkina vs A Zatonskih   0-1 28 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women C02 French, Advance 21. T Gharamian vs A Zatonskih   0-1 55 2001 open C07 French, Tarrasch 22. A Zatonskih vs O Alexandrova   1-0 35 2001 ch-UKR Women B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. Lahno vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 40 2001 EU-ch rap (Women) C11 French 24. E Cosma vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 73 2001 2nd ch-EUR Women E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. T Mgeladze vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 104 2001 open A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 182

Mar-07-04    Dick Brain: How come no drewlers for chess-playing girls have found her yet? http://www.markorr.net/tica/teams/r... Mar-08-04    WMD: She could be Shirov's next wife. Mar-08-04    tino72: <She could be Shirov's next wife.> No - she's too old: at least 25. Sep-23-04    azaris: Speaking of chessplayers' wives, Alekhine married several times and every time with a woman much older than himself. Once when he married a woman 20 years older than himself, the French press wrote that he had married Philidor's widow. Sep-23-04    SickedChess: Anna Zatonskih is married too.. also Alexandra Kosteniuk with a man 30 years older than herself (Diego F. Garces) Sep-23-04    JustAFish: She's currently attending Oberlin College in Ohio. Recently she played a simul in which I played horribly and was trounced in 18 moves. She seemed like a nice, quiet, modest person. Sep-24-04    SickedChess: She is ukranian born like Irina Krush. Anna and Irina are strong players, but i think the chinese team is still the favourite for the gold medal in Calvia 2004 Nov-25-04    solstys: She just beat Shabalov in the 1st round of the US Chessmaster Championship! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Oct-20-05    larrewl: Why aren't any of her 2005 games here? Does anyone know where to get them so they might be uploaded? Oct-20-05    ChessVip: According to FIDE she just play few rated games in two tournaments this year: 1 Annual HB Glob.Challeng - USA http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.p... 24 North American Open - USA http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.p... Oct-20-05    ChessVip: no games available from her in Chessbase neither Nov-14-05    SickedChess: pic of Anna Zatonskih, Rusudan Goletiani and Harmen Jorkman http://home.tiscali.nl/xp147427/Har... Mar-03-06    Warrush: Ive meet both Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush, Pascal Charbbeneu, Anatoly Karpov, and Susan Polgar at the Clash of the Titans in Lindsborg Kansas. My chess coach, Ralph Bowman, was the head organizer there and is friends with both Polgar and Karpov. Mar-07-06    midknightblue: she is performing very well in the 2006 us chess championships so far. Mar-07-06    BishopBerkeley: Anna looks like she's concentrating quite intently here: http://www.uschesschampionship.com/... From: http://www.uschesschampionship.com/... which in turn is from: http://www.uschesschampionship.com Current standings: http://www.uschesschampionship.com/... (: Bishop Berkeley :) Mar-08-06    Jim Bartle: Defeated Walter Browne yesterday, though I can't see why he resigned. Mar-13-06    BIDMONFA: Anna Zatonskih ZATONSKIH, Anna http://www.bidmonfa.com/zatonskih_a... _ Mar-14-06    apawnandafool: <topzilla xyz wow is she cute> Yeah, I know, she's real cute in that one, and this one is even better!!http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch20... And such a pretty smile! http://www.worldopen.com/Photos2004... Jun-12-06    SickedChess: http://www.jennifershahade.com/redw... The Lady in red... Aug-12-06    ChessVip: Zatonskih´s Interview http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/ma... Aug-12-06    Albertan: Oct-20-05 larrewl: Why aren't any of her 2005 games here? Does anyone know where to get them so they might be uploaded? Hi larrewl you can get her 2005 and 2006 games here: http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSea... Jul-19-07    pawnofdoom: was she born in 1987 or 1978? her bio mentions both Jul-19-07    Karpova: She was born in 1978 http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...

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