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Pia Cramling
Number of games in database: 551
Years covered: 1976 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2550
Overall record: +193 -112 =244 (57.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (33) 
    D02 E10 A46 A41 A40
 Queen's Indian (30) 
    E12 E15 E16 E14
 King's Indian (25) 
    E90 E92 E60 E61 E97
 Slav (23) 
    D11 D17 D15 D18 D12
 Queen's Gambit Declined (22) 
    D37 D38 D30 D31 D35
 Orthodox Defense (15) 
    D55 D52 D58 D62 D61
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (111) 
    B40 B42 B47 B43 B48
 Slav (40) 
    D17 D15 D11 D10 D12
 Sicilian Kan (32) 
    B42 B43 B41
 Sicilian Taimanov (27) 
    B47 B48 B49 B46
 King's Indian (24) 
    E94 E62 E90 E92 E60
 Modern Benoni (14) 
    A57 A56 A61 A58 A59
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   R Haring vs P Cramling, 1981 0-1
   P Cramling vs Uhlmann, 1992 1/2-1/2
   P Cramling vs A Galliamova-Ivanchuk, 1994 1-0
   P Cramling vs F Basta-Sohair, 2006 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Women WCC Index [FIDE 2000 Knockout Matches] by chessmoron

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PIA CRAMLING
(born Apr-23-1963) Sweden

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Pia A Cramling was born on the 23rd of April 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was awarded the WGM title in 1982, the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1992. She also won the Women's Chess Oscar in 1983. She is the younger sister of Dan Cramling and is married to Spanish GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez

 page 1 of 23; games 1-25 of 551  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Van der Wiel vs P Cramling  ½-½20 1976 Wattignies Wch-16B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
2. Kasparov vs P Cramling ½-½19 1976 WattigniesC42 Petrov Defense
3. R Haring vs P Cramling 0-137 1981 VICC Women's TournamentB24 Sicilian, Closed
4. P Cramling vs B Hund  1-033 1981 VICC Women's TournamentA16 English
5. P Cramling vs Hort  ½-½31 1982 London LBB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
6. P Cramling vs P Moulin  1-035 1982 EU-ch U20B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
7. P Cramling vs G Andruet  ½-½78 1982 Gausdal INTB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. P Cramling vs Hort  ½-½31 1982 BielB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
9. P Cramling vs Chiburdanidze  ½-½21 1982 Luzern ol (Women)B32 Sicilian
10. P Cramling vs Korchnoi ½-½42 1982 London LBC77 Ruy Lopez
11. M Muresan vs P Cramling  0-127 1982 Luzern ol (Women)B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
12. P Cramling vs Speelman  ½-½17 1983 It (cat.8)B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
13. Adorjan vs P Cramling  1-026 1983 It (cat.8)A14 English
14. P Cramling vs P Ostermeyer  ½-½46 1984 ReykjavikB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
15. Shamkovich vs P Cramling  0-142 1984 Reykjavik (Iceland)E90 King's Indian
16. Petursson vs P Cramling  0-118 1984 It ReykjavikB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
17. Ftacnik vs P Cramling  1-050 1984 BielA61 Benoni
18. Hort vs P Cramling 1-042 1984 BielA00 Uncommon Opening
19. J Garwell vs P Cramling  ½-½43 1984 Thessaloniki ol (Women)D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
20. P Cramling vs I Rogers  1-046 1984 Biel SwitzerlandB01 Scandinavian
21. Nunn vs P Cramling 1-054 1984 ZurichB44 Sicilian
22. P Cramling vs J Yrjola  ½-½20 1984 GausdalB08 Pirc, Classical
23. P Cramling vs N Alexandria  ½-½56 1984 TbilisiB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
24. P Cramling vs Korchnoi 1-033 1984 Biel ,MCL 02B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
25. P Cramling vs Alburt  1-044 1984 Bunadarbanka (Iceland)B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
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Jul-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: After the last round it turns out that Cramling finished 4-5 (of 13) in the Swedish Championship, ahead of for example Hillarp-Persson and Agrest, Johan Hellsten won.
Jul-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: The sad truth is that big pieces and small clothes sell better in women’s chess than the opposite strategy:

http://www.jora.info/essayer/svensk...

http://www.kosteniuk.com/albums/wil...

Jul-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eggman: To me Pia is much prettier, for whatever that's worth.
Aug-03-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Her win in Biel should mean that Cramling will reach her highest rating ever.
Apr-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  lostemperor: Announcement: Pia Cramling is playing Jan Timman, April 7, in the theme man vs woman. Check for live games later at http://cogas.schaakverenigingalmelo...
Jul-15-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Cramling shared second place with Emanuel Berg in the Swedish Championship, Tiger Hillarp Persson won:

http://www.schacksm.se/resultat/res...

Jul-28-07   Octavia: Congratulations, Pia, for winning the Monroi International Women's Grand-Prix Tournament in Montreal! Well done!
Jul-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Congratulations to Pia Cramling! She came on the chess scene just as I was learning how to play, so I have always been a fan. I remember this game, annotated in <Chess Life> by the loser:

P Cramling vs Alburt, 1984.

Jul-29-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Cramling has been doing well lately, when she turned 40 she wasn't in the top ten, and for example 80 points behind Stefanova and 30 behind Skripchenko. Now at 44 she's more than 50 ahead of Stefanova, 100 ahead of Skripchenko, and 3rd among the women.
Aug-26-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Karpova: Cramling's participating in a strong women event in Baku: http://www.day.az/news/sport/89935....

Participants:
Pia Cramling 2533
Antoaneta Stefanova 2481
Monika Socko 2479
Viktorija Cmilyte 2467
Lela Javakhishvili 2460
Kateryna Lahno 2450
Sophie Milliet 2414
Ilaha Kadimova 2316
Firuza Velikhanli 2284
Nargiz Umudova 2213

It's double-round robin with a 16000 $ prize fund.
(got this info from e3e5.com)

Sep-05-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: After two rounds Javakhishvili and Stefanova are in the lead with 2/2 according to http://e3e5.com/

Cramling has drawn her first games, against Lahno and Socko.

Sep-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: With one round to go the standings seem to look like this:

1-2. Socko, Stefanova 6
3. Javakhishvili 5.5
4. Cramling 5
5-6. Lahno, Velikhanli 4
7-8. Cmilyte, Milliet 3.5
9. Udumova 1.5
10. Kadimova 1

Mar-23-08   babakova: Cramling fortsätter prestera bra i tävlingar men ändå läser man sällan om detta. Undantaget möjligtvis svenska schacktidsskrifter. Lite synd.
Apr-23-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Pia!
Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: Cramling keeps improving her rating, her new all time high being 2544.
Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.
Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  strifeknot: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.> Are you never not a cretin?
Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  square dance: whoa. whoa. whoa! whats with the unnecessary use of double negatives? is nothing sacred anymore?
Jun-30-08   Jim Bartle: There's no reason not to use double negatives. Sometimes it's not unintelligent...
Jun-30-08   Akavall: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.>

If we accept that rating inflation exists, then every active player is an example of rating inflation.

Jun-30-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  PinnedPiece: <JointheArmy: Yet another example of inflation.>

Inflate yourself by guessing her moves against Korchnoi.

P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984

See if you can get five correct guesses.

Jul-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: The chessdom coverage of the North Urals Tournament has the best picture of her I've seen in years.
Oct-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eggman: Here's Cramling on YouTube, playing Epishin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWMe...
Nov-10-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eggman: Hmm. I just noticed that P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984 isn't listed among Cramling's notable games here. But surely this game is quite famous, n'est pas?
Nov-10-08   nescio: <Eggman: Hmm. I just noticed that P Cramling vs Korchnoi, 1984 isn't listed among Cramling's notable games here. But surely this game is quite famous, n'est pas?> Ah oui, but if I remember correctly the choice of a game as notable depends on the number of times that game is present in game collections. You could ask chessgames.com about the precise criteria.
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