Ivan Zaja
Number of games in database: 125
Years covered: 1993 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2463
Highest rating achieved in database: 2488
Overall record: +31 -34 =60 (48.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (13)      E81 E83 E77 E89 E86  Slav (8)      D17 D15 D13 D11  Nimzo Indian (6)      E43 E47 E44 E42 E41  Grunfeld (6)      D85 D83 D91  Queen's Gambit Declined (5)      D35 D31 D38 D37  Queen's Pawn Game (4)      A41 A50	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (16)      C17 C05 C16 C18 C06  French Winawer (10)      C17 C16 C18 C15  Ruy Lopez (9)      C78 C68 C92 C77  French Tarrasch (5)      C05 C06  English (5)      A14 A13 A18  Bogo Indian (5)      E11

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page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Zaja vs Romanishin   0-1 49 1993 Hrvatska E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 2. I Zaja vs Y Pelletier   ½-½ 39 1997 EU-chT (Men) D85 Grunfeld 3. I Zaja vs M Grabarczyk   ½-½ 48 1997 EU-chT (Men) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. M Manninen vs I Zaja   ½-½ 69 1997 EU-chT (Men) D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. P Roberts vs I Zaja   0-1 46 1997 EU-chT (Men) C05 French, Tarrasch 6. R Mantovani vs I Zaja   1-0 25 1997 EU-chT (Men) C17 French, Winawer, Advance 7. R Urukalovic vs I Zaja   0-1 39 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) C05 French, Tarrasch 8. I Zaja vs Z Maslac   1-0 39 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 9. I Zaja vs B Lovric   0-1 35 1999 Montecatini Terme A10 English 10. I Zaja vs I Sitnik   ½-½ 47 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) E07 Catalan, Closed 11. I Zaja vs I Saric   0-1 43 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 12. D Feletar vs I Zaja   0-1 21 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) A04 Reti Opening 13. I Zaja vs T Cop   1-0 31 1999 It (open), Zagreb (Croatia) E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 14. I Zaja vs M Apicella   1-0 47 2000 34th Olympiad E89 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Main line 15. Baklan vs I Zaja   ½-½ 43 2000 FIDE World Ch C78 Ruy Lopez 16. I Zaja vs Pavasovic   1-0 40 2000 Pula zt 1.2 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. I Zaja vs G Soppe   0-1 28 2000 34th Olympiad D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. I Zaja vs Z Crnkovic   1-0 37 2000 Umag op D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. J Renteria vs I Zaja   ½-½ 48 2000 34th Olympiad C17 French, Winawer, Advance 20. I Zaja vs Baklan   ½-½ 21 2000 FIDE World Ch E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21. Sadvakasov vs I Zaja   1-0 33 2000 34th Olympiad C16 French, Winawer 22. I Zaja vs P Velikov   ½-½ 14 2000 Kastav GM D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. V Sakalauskas vs I Zaja   ½-½ 18 2000 34th Olympiad E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. Baklan vs I Zaja   ½-½ 20 2000 FIDE World Ch C78 Ruy Lopez 25. Emms vs I Zaja   ½-½ 47 2000 34th Olympiad C06 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125

Oct-13-09    Tabanus: GM Ivan Žaja, Croatia, born 29 July 1965. Current rating 2449, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Rating peak 2513 in 2000. GM in 2001. Croatian champion in 2000 and 2001. Played in the 2000 olympiad (1st reserve) and in European Team Ch 2001 (board 4). Pictures: http://www.sk-zagreb.hr/08Zaja.jpg http://public.carnet.hr/sk-losinj/o... (in red) http://public.carnet.hr/sk-losinj/o... (in red)

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