Atousa Pourkashiyan
Number of games in database: 196
Years covered: 2000 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2336
Highest rating achieved in database: 2374
Overall record: +61 -52 =31 (53.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      52 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (48)      B43 B88 B30 B58 B92  Sicilian Kan (13)      B43 B42  French Defense (9)      C03 C05 C00 C10 C01  French Tarrasch (6)      C03 C05  Sicilian Taimanov (5)      B47 B45 B49  Giuoco Piano (5)      C53 C54 C50	With the Black pieces:  Petrov (27)      C42 C43  Sicilian (19)      B42 B43 B23 B22 B28  Queen's Gambit Declined (12)      D35 D37 D06 D30  Giuoco Piano (12)      C50 C53  Sicilian Kan (11)      B42 B43 B41  Nimzo Indian (6)      E32 E48 E21 E46 E20

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   A Pourkashiyan vs M Fierro, 2008 1/2-1/2

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ATOUSA POURKASHIYAN (born May-16-1988) Iran [what is this?] WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan became Iranian Women's Chess Champion in 2008 and won the U12 World Youth Chess Championship in 2000. She became a WGM in 2008.aka A Pourkashian

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Pourkashiyan vs Lahno   1-0 43 2000 Wch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 2. M Mahini vs A Pourkashiyan   ½-½ 39 2001 Asian U20 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 3. S Paridar vs A Pourkashiyan   ½-½ 25 2001 Asian U20 Girls C50 Giuoco Piano 4. M Mahini vs A Pourkashiyan   ½-½ 77 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C50 Giuoco Piano 5. D Aketaeva vs A Pourkashiyan 1-0 26 2001 Asian U20 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 6. A Pourkashiyan vs M Mahini   1-0 50 2001 Zone 3.1a Women B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. A Pourkashiyan vs Y Khachatorian   0-1 37 2001 Asian U20 Girls B30 Sicilian 8. A Pourkashiyan vs T Sachdev   0-1 42 2001 Asian U20 Girls B30 Sicilian 9. E H Al Rufei vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 39 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C50 Giuoco Piano 10. A Pourkashiyan vs M Ovezova   ½-½ 43 2001 Asian U20 Girls B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 11. A Pourkashiyan vs E H Al Rufei   0-1 48 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C53 Giuoco Piano 12. Li Ching vs A Pourkashiyan   0-1 50 2001 Asian U20 Girls C24 Bishop's Opening 13. A Pourkashiyan vs N Al Jelda   1-0 49 2001 Zone 3.1a Women B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 14. S Yusubalieva vs A Pourkashiyan   ½-½ 58 2001 Asian U20 Girls C50 Giuoco Piano 15. N Al Jelda vs A Pourkashiyan   0-1 35 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C42 Petrov Defense 16. A Pourkashiyan vs S Meenakshi   ½-½ 46 2001 Asian U20 Girls B06 Robatsch 17. S Paridar vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 81 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C50 Giuoco Piano 18. A Pourkashiyan vs F Alinoori   1-0 37 2001 Asian U20 Girls B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 19. A Pourkashiyan vs S Paridar   0-1 50 2001 Zone 3.1a Women B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 20. A Pourkashiyan vs F Abbaspour   1-0 23 2001 Asian U20 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 21. S Ghader Pour vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 34 2001 Zone 3.1a Women C42 Petrov Defense 22. M Sebag vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 60 2002 Olympiad w C42 Petrov Defense 23. A Pourkashiyan vs A Caoili 1-0 48 2002 Bled ol (Women) C53 Giuoco Piano 24. L Rogule vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 49 2004 36th Olympiad, Women D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. A M Botsari vs A Pourkashiyan   1-0 75 2004 36th Olympiad, Women D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 196

Mar-13-06    EmperorAtahualpa: A photo of her taken during the Women's World Chess Championships: http://www.womenchess.com/images/ga... Jan-05-08    Udit Narayan: Another pic: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2007/... Mar-30-08    Karpova: She became Iranian Women's Chess Champion in 2008 with 8.5/11. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Nov-17-08    whiteshark: Atousa Pourkashiyan @ Dresden 2008: http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly... Dec-02-08    Karpova: The "Tehran Times" celebrates her WGM title: http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_vi... Nov-28-09    Tabanus: WGM Atousa Pourkashian, Iran, born 16 May 1988. Now rated 2306, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... WGM in 2009. Rated 2329 in 2006. ICC: Atousa World U12 champion 2000. Played in the olympiads 2000 (board 2), 2002 (board 1), 2004 (board 2), 2006 (board 1), and 2008 (board 1). Student of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Tehran University. She earned the WGM title in Dresden olympiad 2008 after gaining 8 points in 11 games. She competed with 4 GM's and 5 IM's in the event. Champion of Iran 2008 and 2009: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atousa... Pictures: http://www.abudhabichess.com/2009/W... http://www.chessbase.com/ESPANOLA/i... http://photo.chessdom.com/albums/us... Apr-28-10    Wild Bill: With one round to go, Atousa leads the Women's Group at the Asian Continental Championships in Subic Bay by a half point over Wang Yu and Ding Yixin. [Event "9th Asian Championships"] [Site "Subic Bay"] [EventDate "2010.04.21"] [Date "2010.04.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Ju, Wenjun"] [Black "Pourkashiyan, Atousa"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D07"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 e6 7.e4 Nf6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.f4 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 Bg4 11.Rc1 Bb4 12.e5 Nd5 13.h3 Bf5 14.Ne2 O-O-O 15.a3 Ba5 16.Bf2 Ndxf4 17.Nxf4 Nxf4 18.Bxc4 Bd3 19.Bg3 Nxg2+ 20.Kf2 Bxc4 21.Kxg2 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 Bd5+ 0-1 Apr-29-10    Tabanus: She won today the Asian Continental Championship in Subic Bay, Philippines: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr331..., congratulations! Oct-10-10    Udit Narayan: Atousa Pourkashiyan, Iran http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/...

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