The chess games of Joanna Majdan

Joanna Majdan
Number of games in database: 102
Years covered: 2001 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2361
Highest rating achieved in database: 2382
Overall record: +50 -25 =27 (62.3%)*
   * 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 (23)
    B44 B60 B84 B42 B31
Ruy Lopez (6)
    C84 C96 C60 C78 C91
French Defense (6)
    C03 C11 C05 C15 C10
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)
    B60 B67 B61 B63
Sicilian Scheveningen (5)
    B84 B80 B82 B85
Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)
    C84 C96 C91

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (27)
    B22 B56 B90 B67 B58
King's Indian (6)
    E90 E97 E63 E62 E60
Queen's Pawn Game (5)
    A41 A40
Sicilian Najdorf (4)
    B90 B93

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JOANNA MAJDAN
(born Jun-09-1988) Poland

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Joanna Majdan, who holds the title of WGM, is a multiple medalist in Polish and world junior championship events. In 2008, she finished 2nd at the Polish Championship in Krakow, and won a medal at the Dresden Olympiad for the best individual result on 4th board (9.5/11) while playing for the fifth place Polish team.

Some other results in international competition include: 4th place, U14 WCh., Heraklio Greece 2002; 2nd place, U16 WCh., Heraklio Greece 2004, and 2nd place, U18 WCh., Belfort France 2005.

Currently, she lives and studies journalism in her hometown of Koszalin.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 102

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J Majdan vs R Sokolowski	0-1	30	2001	Kochan Mem Open	B44 Sicilian
2. T Olenderek vs J Majdan	1-0	47	2001	Kochan Mem Open	D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. L Stanczyk vs J Majdan	0-1	55	2001	Kochan Mem Open	A20 English
4. J Majdan vs I Moryc	0-1	29	2001	Kochan Mem Open	B33 Sicilian
5. O Polishchuk vs J Majdan	1-0	50	2001	Kochan Mem Open	A25 English
6. M Dluzniewski vs J Majdan	1-0	60	2001	Kochan Mem Open	B23 Sicilian, Closed
7. J Majdan vs M Maslowski	½-½	19	2001	Kochan Mem Open	C05 French, Tarrasch
8. J Majdan vs P Polkowski	1-0	54	2001	Kochan Mem Open	C54 Giuoco Piano
9. Barbara Baran vs J Majdan	0-1	55	2001	Kochan Mem Open	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
10. J Majdan vs R Wojtaszek	0-1	32	2004	20th Cappelle la Grande	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
11. J Majdan vs B Munguntuul	0-1	36	2005	BELFORT YWCC GU18	B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical
12. J Majdan vs S Melia	1-0	36	2005	BELFORT YWCC GU18	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. M Bartel vs J Majdan	1-0	29	2005	5th Amplico AIG Life	A00 Uncommon Opening
14. J Majdan vs Stefansson	1-0	51	2005	5th Amplico AIG Life	B42 Sicilian, Kan
15. J Zawadzka vs J Majdan	0-1	47	2005	BELFORT YWCC GU18	B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
16. J Majdan vs M Lomineishvili	½-½	29	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
17. M Przezdziecka vs J Majdan	0-1	65	2006	Polish women championship	E60 King's Indian Defense
18. J Majdan vs Khurtsidze	½-½	35	2006	7th European Individual Championship: Women	B19 Caro-Kann, Classical
19. M Sarquis vs J Majdan	0-1	25	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B53 Sicilian
20. J Majdan vs M Przezdziecka	1-0	54	2006	35th Greek Team Championship	B44 Sicilian
21. S Tulay vs J Majdan	0-1	22	2006	7th European Individual Championship: Women	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
22. J Majdan vs E Moser	0-1	51	2006	7th European Individual Championship: Women	B23 Sicilian, Closed
23. A Bogza vs J Majdan	0-1	62	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
24. J Majdan vs A Habesi	1-0	42	2006	35th Greek Team Championship	C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
25. E Polovnikova-Atalik vs J Majdan	1-0	33	2006	7th European Individual Championship: Women	E90 King's Indian


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Nov-17-08		whiteshark: Joanna Majdan @ Dresden 2008: http://chessbase.de/2008/dresdenoly...

Nov-17-08		slomarko: Joanna won 4 out of 4 so far for a rating perfomance of 2839. and the games were cool too. [Event "38th Olympiad w"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "2008.11.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Newrkla,K"] [Black "Majdan,J"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2071"] [BlackElo "2284"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [ECO "B33"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 d6 10. a4 h5 11. a5 Qc7 12. Bd2 h4 13. f4 Nh5 14. Na4 Bf6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. e5 d5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Kf8 22. Nc5 Nf6 23. c4 h3 24. g3 Kg8 25. Rfc1 d4 26. Ne4 Ne8 27. Bc5 e5 28. fxe5 Bg4 29. Qc2 Nxe5 30. b4 f5 31. Nd2 Qc6 32. Bf1 Nxd6 33. Bxd4 Nf3+ 34. Nxf3 Bxf3 35. Ra3 Be4 36. Qd2 Nf7 37. Qf4 Rd8 38. Bb6 Re8 39. b5 Qf6 40. Rd1 Qb2 41. Re3 Qc2 42. Rde1 Rh6 43. Bd4 Rd8 44. R3e2 Qa4 45. Bc3 Qa3 46. Re3 Qc5 47. Qf2 Ng5 48. R1e2 Rhd6 49. Rb2 Rd1 50. Bb4 Qxc4 51. Be7 Bg2 52. Re1 Rxe1 53. Qxe1 Qd4+ white resigns <because of 54.Rf2 Nf3 checkmate!> click for larger view [Event "38th Olympiad w"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "2008.11.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Hoang Thi Bao Tram"] [Black "Majdan,J"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2250"] [BlackElo "2284"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [ECO "E97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 f5 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Qe4 Re5 16. Qf4 Nh6 17. Bd3 Rh5 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Be2 Rh4 20. Qg3 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Qf3 Rxc4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qd5 Qg8 25. Qa5 c6 26. Ne2 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rac1 Bd3 29. Rfe1 d5 30. Nf4 Bf5 31. b3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 d4 33. Bd2 Rc8 34. h3 h5 35. b4 Kh7 36. Rc5 h4 37. Kf1 Bh6 38. Re5 Bg5 39. Ke2 d3+ 40. Kd1 Bf6 41. Ra5 Rc7 42. Be3 Rd7 43. Kd2 Bd4 44. Bxd4 Rxd4 45. g3 Kh6 46. Ra3 g5 47. Nxd3 click for larger view 47...g4! 48. hxg4 h3 49. gxf5 h2 50. Ke3 Rd7 51.Ne5 h1=Q 52. Rc3 Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "38th Olympiad w"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "2008.11.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Majdan,J"] [Black "Mendoza Velazquez,L"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2284"] [BlackElo "2015"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [ECO "B06"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nb5 Qd8 9. Bf4 d6 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exd6 O-O 13. Bc4+ e6 14. Be3 f5 15. Nc7 f4 16. Bc1 b5 17. Bb3 Bb7 18. O-O Kh8 19. Nxe6 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Bxf8 21. d7 Nc6 22. Qd5 Be7 23. Re1 Ng7 24. Nd4 a6 25. Qe4 Bc5 26. Bd5 Bxd4 27.cxd4 g5 28. Bd2 Rd8 29. Rac1 Rxd7 30. Bxc6 Rxd4 31. Bc3 Rxe4 32. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bxc6 34. Re7 1-0 [Event "38th Olympiad w"] [Site "Dresden GER"] [Date "2008.11.16"] [Round "4"] [White "Majdan,J"] [Black "Benderac,A"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2284"] [BlackElo "2310"] [EventDate "2008.11.13"] [ECO "C10"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qe2 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. O-O Bd7 13. dxc5 Bb8 14. Rad1 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Qc8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Qg5+ Ke8 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Ng5 Qc7 click for larger view 20. Qxf8+! Kxf8 21. Nxe6+ 1-0

Nov-17-08		sallom89: In that picture she reminds me of Judit Polgar.

Nov-19-08		masterwojtek: Young Polish Judit Polgar!

Dec-04-08		masterwojtek: WIM Joanna Majdan of Poland, 2284, gained 66.9 at the 2008 Chess Olympiad in Dresden. Score 9.5 out of 11 on board 4. (performance: 2621) Sources: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Oct-03-09		whiteshark: Biography of Joanna Majdan Birthdate 9-6-1988 Nationality Poland Elo (01-07-2009) WGM 2382 Joanna Majdan is a multiple Polish and world junior championship medalist. She finished on the 2nd place in he Polish Championship in Krakow and she was the member of the Polish team in Dresden Olympiad 2008. The selected team finished on the 5th place while Joanna individual result 9,5/11 was the best performance on the board 4th. Actually she lives and studies journalism in her hometown Kosalin. Best results: U14 WCh. Heraklio Greece 2002 4th place, U16 WCh. Heraklio Greece 2004 2nd place, U18 WCh. Belfort France 2005 3rd place, Polish Ch. Krakow 2008 2nd place source> http://www.ase.hu/marxgy/2009/biogr...

Oct-03-09		slomarko: Just a small correction, her home time is Koszalin.

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