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Maja Koen

Number of games in database: 41
Years covered: 1989 to 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2105 (2049 blitz)
Overall record: +18 -17 =6 (51.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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E92 King's Indian (4 games)
A13 English (3 games)
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) (2 games)
D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2 games)
D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (2 games)
C05 French, Tarrasch (2 games)

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MAJA KOEN
(born Apr-21-1973, 52 years old) Bulgaria

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She is a WIM. Bulgarian champion (w) in 1992 and 1994.

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 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 41  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Z Zinina vs M Koen  0-1401989Primorsko opC05 French, Tarrasch
2. E Berend vs M Koen  0-1251989Primorsko opE70 King's Indian
3. M Koen vs T Stepovaia  0-1381989Primorsko opB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
4. M Koen vs S Korkina  1-0421989Primorsko opC36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense
5. C Jahn vs M Koen  1-0231989Primorsko opC05 French, Tarrasch
6. Z Rajcsanyi vs M Koen  0-1441991Hajduszoboszlo zt (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
7. M Koen vs V Lalova  ½-½411991BUL-chT (Women)D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
8. S Lupu vs M Koen  1-0211991Hajduszoboszlo Zonal (Women) FinalC01 French, Exchange
9. M Koen vs Z Veroci  0-1391991Hajduszoboszlo Zonal (Women) FinalD82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4
10. I Madl vs M Koen 1-01381991Hajduszoboszlo Zonal (Women) FinalC67 Ruy Lopez
11. D Nutu-Gajic vs M Koen  ½-½371991Hajduszoboszlo Zonal (Women) FinalA13 English
12. M Koen vs C Foisor  0-1211991Hajduszoboszlo Zonal (Women) FinalE91 King's Indian
13. M Koen vs E Cosma  1-0471992Calimanesti (Women)D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. M Koen vs E Zlatanova  1-0221992BUL-ch (Women)A81 Dutch
15. M Koen vs A Stefanova  1-0381992BUL-ch (Women)D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2
16. M Koen vs M Juncu  1-0751992Calimanesti (Women)D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
17. M Koen vs I Marin  1-0361992Calimanesti (Women)D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. M Koen vs H Courtney  1-0391992Manila Olympiad (Women)A43 Old Benoni
19. M Koen vs L Odeeva  ½-½391992Manila Olympiad (Women)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. M Koen vs A Gershnik  1-0351992Manila Olympiad (Women)B06 Robatsch
21. M Koen vs A Botsari  1-0791992Manila Olympiad (Women)E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
22. M Koen vs L Burijovich  1-0361992Manila Olympiad (Women)E92 King's Indian
23. M Koen vs M Litynska  1-0551992Manila Olympiad (Women)E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
24. N Jakubovics vs M Koen  1-0411992Biel MTO OpenC45 Scotch Game
25. C Foisor vs M Koen  1-0381992Mangalia Balkaniad (Women)A14 English
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Apr-13-07  stanleys: http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...

Maja was a very promissing talent,won Bulgarian women championship twice (in 1992 and 1994).But around 1995 she suddenly stopped playing.Glad to see her again in tournaments last year!

I submitted several games of her but still dont see them in the database.Here are some of them:

[Event "BUL-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Pernik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koen,Maja"]
[Black "Zlatanova,Emilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A81"]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nh3 Bg7 5.Nf4 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.d5 Bd7 8.e4 fxe4 9.0-0 cxd5 10.Ncxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Bc6 12.Qd1 Qc8 13.Re1 0-0 14.Bh3 Bd7 15.Qd5+ Kh8 16.Rxe4 Bxh3 17.Nxg6+ hxg6 18.Rh4+ Bh6 19.Bxh6 Be6 20.Bxf8+ Kg8 21.Rh8+ Kxh8 22.Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "BUL-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Pernik"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koen,Maja"]
[Black "Stefanova,Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D36"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 0-0 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.Nge2 Na6 11.Qd1 Re8 12.a3 b5 13.0-0 Qb6 14.Re1 b4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.axb4 Nxb4 17.Bb1 Qc7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ng3 g6 20.e4 Rb8 21.e5 Bh4 22.Ra3 Na6 23.Qc1 Kg7 24.f4 Qa5 25.Ree3 Be7 26.Nc5 Qb6 27.Rab3 Nb4 28.e6 fxe6 29.Bxg6 Rf8 30.Bb1 Bxc5 31.dxc5 Qd8 32.Nh5+ Kf7 33.Rg3 Qh4 34.Qc3 Ke7 35.Qe5 Rb7 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Bg6+ Rbf7 38.Ng7+ 1-0

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