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Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
Number of games in database: 313
Years covered: 1995 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2435
Highest rating achieved in database: 2507
Overall record: +118 -60 =126 (59.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      9 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (51) 
    B23 B40 B51 B50 B26
 French Defense (23) 
    C01 C11 C07 C10 C12
 Ruy Lopez (20) 
    C78 C85 C60 C64 C72
 Caro-Kann (13) 
    B13 B19 B14 B12 B18
 French (9) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00
 English (5) 
    A11 A18 A14 A13
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (61) 
    B30 B31 B22 B32 B33
 King's Indian (20) 
    E94 E68 E69 E60 E96
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    E00 A45 A40 A41 D02
 Old Indian (8) 
    A53 A55
 Ruy Lopez (7) 
    C87 C97 C85 C99 C90
 Queen's Gambit Declined (7) 
    D30 D38
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Kovalevskaya vs Lahno, 2004 1-0
   Koneru vs E Kovalevskaya, 2004 1/2-1/2
   O Alexandrova vs E Kovalevskaya, 2004 1/2-1/2

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EKATERINA KOVALEVSKAYA
(born 1974) Russia

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Kovalevskaya is an IM and a WGM. She won the Women’s Russian Championship in 1994 and 2000 and was runner up in the European Championships (Women) in 2000 and 2001. She was a member of the Russian Olympic team in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 which won the silver medal in 1998 and the bronze in 2000 and 2004.

Kovalevskaya reached the semi finals of the Women's World Championship in 2000, losing to eventual World Championship winner Xie Jun. She became Women's Vice-World Champion in 2004 after defeating Koneru Humpy in the semi final and losing the final match to Antoaneta Stefanova. She also played in the FIDE Women's World Championship (2006) reaching the quarter final, but was defeated in the rapid playoff games by Yuhua Xu.


 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. E Kovalevskaya vs Tseshkovsky  0-136 1995 St Petersburg opB08 Pirc, Classical
2. M Litinskaya-Shul vs E Kovalevskaya  1-061 1996 Parnu-CA53 Old Indian
3. E Kovalevskaya vs M Litinskaya-Shul  ½-½25 1996 UKR-ch (Women)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
4. Kholmov vs E Kovalevskaya  ½-½39 1997 Komercni Banka opB56 Sicilian
5. E Kovalevskaya vs Ponomariov  0-162 1997 Krasnodar RUS CupB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
6. E Kovalevskaya vs D Melnikov  1-028 1999 Chigorin memC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
7. Zhu Chen vs E Kovalevskaya  1-041 2000 Women's OlympiadD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
8. M Zielinska vs E Kovalevskaya  ½-½23 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOA27 English, Three Knights System
9. T Vasilevich vs E Kovalevskaya  0-175 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. Chiburdanidze vs E Kovalevskaya  1-092 2000 EU-ch (women)A22 English
11. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun  ½-½52 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC47 Four Knights
12. Natalie Lyze Amelie Payet vs E Kovalevskaya  0-138 2000 WCCB22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. Y Yakovlev vs E Kovalevskaya  0-116 2000 Petroff Mem OpenB50 Sicilian
14. E Kovalevskaya vs T Vasilevich  ½-½49 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
15. Zhaoqin Peng vs E Kovalevskaya  ½-½36 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
16. E Kovalevskaya vs A Maric  ½-½52 2000 WCCC11 French
17. E Kovalevskaya vs Chiburdanidze  1-027 2000 EU-ch (women)B50 Sicilian
18. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun  ½-½66 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
19. E Kovalevskaya vs Zhaoqin Peng  1-026 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC01 French, Exchange
20. Pokorna vs E Kovalevskaya  0-132 2000 WCCB33 Sicilian
21. Chiburdanidze vs E Kovalevskaya  ½-½35 2000 EU-ch (women)E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1
22. Xie Jun vs E Kovalevskaya  1-094 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOB30 Sicilian
23. E Kovalevskaya vs M Zielinska  1-035 2000 FIDE WCh Women KOC14 French, Classical
24. Xu Yihua vs E Kovalevskaya  1-043 2000 WCCB58 Sicilian
25. E Kovalevskaya vs Chiburdanidze  1-055 2000 EU-ch (women)C10 French
 page 1 of 13; games 1-25 of 313  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-10-03   Ezely Nakhdov: What, no picture? Hmmm, she must have a lot of personality then.

Just kidding, Ashley.

Aug-06-05   Mameluk: Kovalevskaya has King on g1 in the middlegame against Lomeneishvili. If she had white, I wouldn´t mind it...
Mar-16-06   BIDMONFA: Ekaterina Kovalevskaya

KOVALEVSKAYA, Ekaterina
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kovalevskay...
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Aug-31-07   Manuel Garcia: The best result in the Russian female chess team against China: +1 (5.5/10). She won a couple of nice endings, showing very fine technique.
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