Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
Number of games in database: 347
Years covered: 1995 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2450
Highest rating achieved in database: 2507
Overall record: +133 -68 =137 (59.6%)*
   * 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 (50)      B23 B40 B51 B50 B26  French Defense (25)      C01 C11 C00 C07 C10  Ruy Lopez (21)      C78 C85 C60 C64 C72  Caro-Kann (13)      B13 B19 B14 B12 B18  King's Indian Attack (13)      A07 A08  French (11)      C11 C00 C10 C12	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (62)      B30 B31 B22 B32 B33  King's Indian (20)      E94 E68 E69 E60 E96  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      E00 A45 A40 D04 A41  Ruy Lopez (10)      C87 C77 C97 C85 C99  Nimzo Indian (8)      E33 E32 E21 E54 E40  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C87 C97 C85 C99 C90

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 [what is this?] 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 14; games 1-25 of 347  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Kovalevskaya vs Tseshkovsky   0-1 36 1995 St Petersburg op B08 Pirc, Classical 2. E Kovalevskaya vs M Litinskaya-Shul   ½-½ 25 1996 UKR-ch (Women) B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 3. M Litinskaya-Shul vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 61 1996 Parnu-C A53 Old Indian 4. Kholmov vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 39 1997 Komercni Banka op B56 Sicilian 5. E Kovalevskaya vs Ponomariov   0-1 62 1997 Krasnodar RUS Cup B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 6. E Kovalevskaya vs D Melnikov   1-0 28 1999 Chigorin mem C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun   ½-½ 66 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 8. E Kovalevskaya vs A Maric   ½-½ 52 2000 WCC C11 French 9. E Kovalevskaya vs Zhaoqin Peng   1-0 26 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C01 French, Exchange 10. Pokorna vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 32 2000 WCC B33 Sicilian 11. Chiburdanidze vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 92 2000 EU-ch (women) A22 English 12. Xie Jun vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 94 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO B30 Sicilian 13. E Kovalevskaya vs M Zielinska   1-0 35 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C14 French, Classical 14. Xie Jun vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 54 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO B30 Sicilian 15. Zhu Chen vs E Kovalevskaya   1-0 41 2000 Women's Olympiad D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. E Kovalevskaya vs Chiburdanidze   1-0 27 2000 EU-ch (women) B50 Sicilian 17. M Zielinska vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 23 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO A27 English, Three Knights System 18. T Vasilevich vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 75 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. E Kovalevskaya vs Zhu Chen   0-1 50 2000 WCC C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 20. E Kovalevskaya vs Xie Jun   ½-½ 52 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO C47 Four Knights 21. Y Yakovlev vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 16 2000 Petroff Mem Open B50 Sicilian 22. Chiburdanidze vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 35 2000 EU-ch (women) E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 23. E Kovalevskaya vs T Vasilevich   ½-½ 49 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 24. Natalie Lyze Amelie Payet vs E Kovalevskaya   0-1 38 2000 WCC B22 Sicilian, Alapin 25. Zhaoqin Peng vs E Kovalevskaya   ½-½ 36 2000 FIDE WCh Women KO E94 King's Indian, Orthodox  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 347

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... _ 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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