The chess games of Karen Zapata

Karen Zapata
Number of games in database: 22
Years covered: 2004 to 2006
Current FIDE rating: 2190
Highest rating achieved in database: 2236
Overall record: +6 -13 =3 (34.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. E Berend vs K Zapata	1-0	51	2004	36th Olympiad, Women	B07 Pirc
2. V Cmilyte vs K Zapata	1-0	28	2004	36th Olympiad, Women	D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
3. K Zapata vs G Koskoska	1-0	48	2004	36th Olympiad, Women	A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
4. K Zapata vs P Ricardi	0-1	59	2005	American Continental Championship	B23 Sicilian, Closed
5. D Alzate vs K Zapata	1-0	51	2005	American Continental Championship	B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
6. K Zapata vs O Sabirova	0-1	73	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	C66 Ruy Lopez
7. L Zepeda vs K Zapata	1-0	39	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B33 Sicilian
8. S Matveeva vs K Zapata	½-½	127	2006	FIDE Women's World Championship	E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
9. K Zapata vs M Calzetta	0-1	76	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B23 Sicilian, Closed
10. Z Sultana vs K Zapata	½-½	82	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
11. K Zapata vs B Mongontuul	0-1	59	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B23 Sicilian, Closed
12. K Zapata vs S Matveeva	0-1	31	2006	FIDE Women's World Championship	C00 French Defense
13. K Zapata vs R Luna	1-0	46	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B23 Sicilian, Closed
14. K Zapata vs E Titova Boric	0-1	75	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B01 Scandinavian
15. K Zapata vs N Starr	1-0	63	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	A25 English
16. Lahno vs K Zapata	0-1	55	2006	FIDE Women's World Championship	B33 Sicilian
17. D Reizniece vs K Zapata	1-0	51	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	A14 English
18. G Koskoska vs K Zapata	1-0	43	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B06 Robatsch
19. H Zhu vs K Zapata	0-1	53	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B33 Sicilian
20. K Zapata vs Lahno	½-½	51	2006	FIDE Women's World Championship	B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
21. K Zapata vs A Al Khelaifi	1-0	32	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
22. Na Ortiz vs K Zapata	1-0	31	2006	37th Chess Olympiad: Women	B22 Sicilian, Alapin


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Mar-13-06		EmperorAtahualpa: A photo of her taken during the Women's World Chess Championships: http://www.womenchess.com/images/ga... This is the lady responsible for kicking out Lahno. :)

Mar-25-06		lopium: Where is from this beautiful lady? Latin or south America to me.

Mar-25-06		Caissanist: Peru. Peru seems to have a stronger chess tradition than most other Latin American countries, don't know why.

Mar-25-06		Jim Bartle: Part of an interview with her after her second round loss. She's happy to play well, said she had her second round game won but blew it, and that the Peruvian Federation didn't want to pay for her trainer's flight, so she went alone: Torre 64: que paso?, Karen Zapata: hola acabo de terminar Torre 64: Y? Karen Zapata: Empate pero la tenia ganada Torre 64: Que pena Karen Zapata: Una pieza de mas y me equivoco�si pues, me puse nerviosa Torre 64: Si estuve siguiendo tu partida Torre 64: Que te esta pasando por la cabeza en este momento? Karen Zapata: Bueno estoy feliz de todas maneras por que pase la segunda pero me hubiera gustado venir con mi entrenador - MI Juan Jose Samam� - como lo han hecho todas. Yo creo que as� me hubiera ido mejor, de todas maneras le estoy muy agradecida a �l, le agradezco por su empe�o Torre 64: Y por que no fue tu entrenador? Karen Zapata: Por que no consegu� para el pasaje para �l , si a las justas me dieron a mi Torre 64: Ok, bueno, pero de todas maneras hiciste un gran papel, eso en lo personal es lo que pienso Karen Zapata: Si yo tambi�n pero ahora que ya he medido el nivel se que puedo pasar hasta la tercera o mas pero necesito que alguien me gu�e como lo tienen todas las chicas que han venido Torre 64: Por cierto, quienes te apoyaron para ir a Rusia? Karen Zapata: Bueno el IPD me dio el pasaje y en Trujillo me dieron algo

Mar-25-06		lopium: <Caissanist: Peru. Peru seems to have a stronger chess tradition than most other Latin American countries, don't know why.> I would say Argentina or even Mexico seems to have a stronger chess tradition.

Mar-25-06		LoFarkas: Hey, Peru certainly has the longest chess tradition... Some of the incas played really well and beat the spanish conquistadores in the 1500s, who brought the game in. AFAIK, one was killed because he humiliated a conquerer in chess.

Mar-25-06		acirce: Well, I knew they made sacrifices, but I'm not sure how successful they were.

Mar-25-06		Jim Bartle: The Inca Atahualpa was captured in Cajamarca in the 1530s. While in captivity the Spaniards taught him chess, and he began to defeat them all. Atahualpa was later executed by the Spanish after sending to Cusco to have his chamber filled with gold as high as he could reach.

Mar-25-06		LoFarkas: I'll have to dig up that short story, or rather, "tradici�n" by Ricardo Palma "Los incas ajedrecistas"... I think it was not Atahualpa. He did play chess, but wasn't killed because of it, if I'm not mistaken. There were several chessplaying incas.

Mar-25-06		lopium: Nice information! I didn't know Incas were taught to play chess and were especially good at it. I went to Cuzco, I was feeling then out of this world :) I slept at a house of Peruvian people, the grandmother knows Quetchua, it was nice.

Dec-09-06		BIDMONFA: Karen Zapata ZAPATA, Karen http://www.bidmonfa.com/zapata_kare... _

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