Irina Levitina
Number of games in database: 109
Years covered: 1969 to 1995
Last FIDE rating: 2405
Overall record: +37 -36 =36 (50.5%)*
   * 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 (11)      B35 B30 B69 B97 B80  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      D02 A41 A45  Queen's Indian (4)      E17  English (4)      A15  Sicilian Dragon (4)      B35 B70 B34	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (15)      B46 B57 B40 B43 B22  French Defense (8)      C03 C00 C15 C01  French Tarrasch (5)      C03  King's Indian (5)      E94 E98 E73  Bogo Indian (5)      E11  Modern Benoni (4)      A56 A67 A61 A58

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Levitina vs Goltsova, 1978 1-0
   N Alexandria vs Levitina, 1975 0-1

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IRINA LEVITINA (born Jun-08-1954) Russia (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Irina Solomonova Levitina was born on the 8th of June 1954 in Leningrad, USSR. Awarded the titles of WIM in 1972 and WGM in 1976 she was World Women's Championship Challenger in 1984. She's also been USSR Women's Champion in 1971, 1978 (jointly), 1979 and 1980-81. US Champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993. She has stopped playing chess and plays bridge now. In contract bridge she has been five times World Champion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_...

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 109  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Levitina vs L Semenova   0-1 27 1969 URS-chT B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 2. C Kuperman vs Levitina   0-1 39 1969 URS-chT U18 A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 3. E Epstein vs Levitina   0-1 46 1969 URS-chT U18 B53 Sicilian 4. Levitina vs Tagere   1-0 37 1969 URS-chT U18 B30 Sicilian 5. Levitina vs K Eretova   1-0 38 1970 Leningrad-Prague C48 Four Knights 6. A Kushnir vs Levitina   1-0 35 1970 URS-ch (Women) A27 English, Three Knights System 7. E Pritchard vs Levitina 0-1 40 1972 5th olw final A B02 Alekhine's Defense 8. V Kozlovskaya vs Levitina   0-1 42 1974 Candidates Semi-final Match E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Levitina vs N Alexandria   0-1 50 1975 Moscow cf (Women) C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 10. N Alexandria vs Levitina   ½-½ 55 1975 Moscow cf (Women) C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 11. Levitina vs N Alexandria   ½-½ 24 1975 Moscow cf (Women) C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 12. N Alexandria vs Levitina 0-1 60 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 13. Levitina vs N Alexandria   1-0 40 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6 14. N Alexandria vs Levitina   1-0 36 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. Levitina vs N Alexandria   ½-½ 41 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 16. N Gaprindashvili vs Levitina   1-0 36 1975 Olympiad URS B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. N Alexandria vs Levitina   1-0 34 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Levitina vs N Alexandria   1-0 37 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 19. N Alexandria vs Levitina   ½-½ 41 1975 Moscow cf (Women) C77 Ruy Lopez 20. Levitina vs N Alexandria   ½-½ 62 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 21. N Alexandria vs Levitina   1-0 61 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. Levitina vs N Alexandria   ½-½ 62 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 23. Levitina vs M Litinskaya-Shul   0-1 40 1975 URS-chT C71 Ruy Lopez 24. N Alexandria vs Levitina   ½-½ 25 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B40 Sicilian 25. Levitina vs N Alexandria   ½-½ 47 1975 Moscow cf (Women) B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 109

Mar-16-06    SickedChess: quoted from New In Chess: <"Mixed talents are a rarity. Or should we speak of one talent exploited twice if a player excels in both chess and bridge? Genna Sosonko portrays Irina Levitina, who after she had played for the world championship in women's chess in 1984, became bridge world champion 18 years later."> Mar-16-06    Benzol: I believe Bridge attracted a number of well known players. Lasker, Capablanca, Alyekin, Sir George Thomas, Korchnoi and Karpov I've heard all played. The last two sometimes partnered one another. Jun-08-06    BIDMONFA: Irina Levitina LEVITINA, Irina S. http://www.bidmonfa.com/levitina_ir... _ Jul-01-06    alexapple: Levitina won gold in 2006 Bridge world championship in women's pairs in Italy (together with Kerri Sanborn)! Jun-08-07    Caissanist: The story on Levitina mentioned by <SickedChess> was included in Sosonko's most recent collection <Smart Chip in St. Petersburg>. One of the points that Levitina mentions is that it is not as hard for an older player to compete at the top level in bridge as in chess. Jun-08-07    Caissanist: During the sixties and seventies bridge was very popular among top chess players; in those days you could play at the top level without having to spend as much time keeping up with theory as you do now. J.H. Donner once wrote an amusing account of a tournament where he and most of the other participants played mostly short draws (much to the consternation of the organizers), so that they could concentrate on their bridge games. Jun-08-07    Joshka: I also believe it was the thrashing by Fischer over Gil Ramirez, that led him to a career in bridge. Ramirez was an up and coming junior talent until he ran into Bobby. Jun-08-07    Joshka: So do we have "vice versa"?..who were the top bridge players who dabbled into chess?....Omar Shariff still has his column in newspapers, does he play chess? Jun-08-07    Phony Benoni: <Joshka> For bridge players who dabbled in chess, Alan Fraser Truscott springs to mind. Jun-08-07    Phony Benoni: <Joshka> For bridge players who dabbled in chess, Alan Fraser Truscott springs to mind. Jun-11-07    Joshka: I have never tried to learn bridge, really have never much cared for card games, maybe that's my hangup. Also from what I have read, bridge is a partner type of game, so really it is not an individual type of endeavor....if I ever were to get involved with a card game, seems like poker would suit me better, as it's still a solo effort against others....but there must be some attraction in bridge that I'm missing....any help would be appreciated, thanks! Nov-25-08    whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_... Jun-08-10    Breunor: Peter Lee was a top bridge and chess player. As usual, Edward Winter has something to say onthe subject: http://chesshistory.com/winter/extr... Mar-25-11    BLarsen1967: Irina L. at 17,winner of the 1971 USSR Champ.(w) http://visualrian.com/storage/Previ... http://visualrian.com/storage/Previ...

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