NATALIJA POGONINA (born Mar-09-1985, 40 years old) Russia PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] WFM (2001), WIM (2002), WGM (2004). WGM Natalija Andreevna Pogonina was born in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai and learned to play chess at the age of 5 from her grandfather. Championships Pogonina's early successes include winning the Russian U14 Girls championship in 1998. She was =1st at the Russian U18 Girls in 2001 and is two-times European girls champion (U16 in 2000, U18 in 2003), bronze winner at the World Championship (U18) (Girls) in 2003, =1st at the Russian Junior Championship (Girls) in 2003 and 2004, and outright winner of that event in 2005, She also won bronze at the European Championship (Women) (2009). She contested the 2004 Women's World Championship and the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010) but was eliminated in the first round on both occasions. In March 2012, she scored 7.5/11 in the European Championship (Women) (2012) (EIWC) to place =5th (10th on tiebreak and with a TPR of 2501), and then followed up in June 2012 by scoring an undefeated 8/11 (TPR 2514) to take outright second place in the Russian Championship Higher League (Women) (2012), signaling a return to her playing strength of a couple of years ago. Her latter result also qualified her to participate in the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2012), in which she went one better to win outright with 6.5/9 (+4 =5), and a TPR of 2611. In August 2013, she scored a solid 7.5/11 at the European Championship (Women) (2013). Pogonina qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) and defeated compatriots, IM Svetlana Matveeva and former Women's World Champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, in the first two rounds before losing to the eventual winner, Ukrainian IM Anna Ushenina, in the third round, thereby bowing out of the title contest. Her result in the 2012 EIWC qualified her to play in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2015). There she won through to the final, defeating Qi Guo, Wenjun Ju, Marie Sebag, Xue Zhao and Pia Cramling in the preliminary rounds (also winning the IM title and a GM norm for her efforts), to play for the women's crown against Mariya Muzychuk. Unfortunately for her, she lost the final match by 2.5-1.5 (+0 =3 -1). Classical Tournaments Pogonina won the L'viv Hopes-5 Women in 2002 with 11/13 and the bronze medal at the North Urals Cup (2007). Co-winner of the 2008 Student World Championship, and first at multiple prestigious international tournaments: 2006 Bykova Memorial with 8.5/9, the Rudenko Memorial 2007 with 8/9 and the C section (women's) of the Moscow Open 2009 with 8/9, Pogonina also came equal first (2nd on rapid game tie break behind Alisa Galliamova) in the Russian Championship Superfinal (Women) (2010). In 2011, she scored 6/10 in the Gibraltar Masters (2011) and in 2014 she scored a respectable 5.5/10 at the Gibraltar Masters (2014). In May-June 2014, she competed in the Rashid Nezhmetdinov Cup, and played strongly to score 6/9. Team Play <Olympiads> Pogonina represented Russia in the Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008) scoring 6/7 (+5 =2 -0) on first reserve, and was top board for Russia 2 in Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010), scoring 5.5/11. She achieved her best result so far when she won team and individual gold (playing on board 5) in the Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2012) held in Istanbul, scoring 6.5/8 (+6 =1 -1). She again played board 5 for Russia at the Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014), remaining undefeated to score 5.5/7 and help her team to another gold medal for the event. <National and Club events> She won team gold as a member of her Russian team for the women's blitz final and the bronze medal in the women's team rapid final at the 1st International Mind Sports Games in 2008. 2011 was an excellent year for Pogonina in team play. Playing for her club, AVS Krasnoturinsk, she won team gold and individual silver at the European Club Cup (Women) (2011), and playing for Russia, she won team gold and individual gold at the European Team Championship (Women) (2011) and team silver and individual silver medals at the FIDE Women's World Team Championship (2011). The combination of winning in both the European Club and European Team championships in the same year is unique in both the women's and men's competitions. Playing board 3 for Russian, she won bronze and helped her team to a bronze medal at the Women's World Team Championship (2013). She helped her team Ugra to win gold at the Russian Team Championship (Women) (2013), also taking individual gold for her 4.5/5 points, which represented a 2757 rating performance. Pogonina wound up 2013 playing board 3 for Russia in the European Team Championship (Women) (2013), helping her team to silver and winning individual bronze for her board. In 2014, she played board 2 for Yugra (Khanty) in the Russian Women's League and helped her team to win the gold medal. She also played board 2 for the Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk region club in the 2014 European Women's Club Cup, scoring individual bronze and helping her team to 4th place in the event. Personal Pogonina has an MA in law from the Saratov State Academy of Law. Her hobbies include flamenco, music, photography, traveling, sports, literature and poetry. She is married to Peter Zhdanov (User: Peter Zhdanov), and they have a son, Nikolai (born 18 November 2009). She is also a member of chessgames.com as User: Natalia Pogonina, and an occasional commentator and analyst here for live broadcasts of games. Award Pogonina was awarded the national title of <Russian Grandmaster> in 2006 or 2007 in recognition of her achievements and contribution to the game in Russia. (1) Rating Pogonina's highest rating to date was 2508 in July 2014 when she was ranked the No. 15 woman player in the world. Her highest ranking was No. 14 on the women's list in April 2009 and May 2010 when she was rated 2501. Sources (1) Natalija Pogonina, Wikipedia article: Гроссмейстер (шахматы); http://www.rg.ru/2007/12/08/sport-d... and Natalija Pogonina (kibitz #657). Live rating: http://pogonina.com/index.php?optio...; Website: http://pogonina.com/; Wikipedia article: Pogonina Last updated: 2024-04-23 05:32:24

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page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,622  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Pogonina vs Y Kaschenko 1-0 38 1996 Volgograd op B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 2. N Zajnullina vs N Pogonina ½-½ 16 1996 Volgograd op B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 3. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   0-1 28 1996 Volgograd op D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 4. N Pogonina vs A Kizhikina 1-0 32 1996 Volgograd op A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 5. M Dolgova vs N Pogonina 1-0 45 1996 Volgograd op B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 6. V Savchuk vs N Pogonina   1-0 48 1996 Volgograd op C60 Ruy Lopez 7. T Baranchikova vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 31 1996 Volgograd op B24 Sicilian, Closed 8. N Pogonina vs A Sorokina   1-0 48 1996 Volgograd op C42 Petrov Defense 9. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   ½-½ 38 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 10. N Pogonina vs M Zabiran   1-0 50 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C52 Evans Gambit 11. N Pogonina vs E Karnaukhova 0-1 25 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 12. N Pogonina vs L Kucherova   1-0 60 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B33 Sicilian 13. T Eremina vs N Pogonina   0-1 36 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. T Kosintseva vs N Pogonina   1-0 63 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 15. J Gokbulut vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 81 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 16. E Meshcheriakova vs N Pogonina 0-1 38 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls C42 Petrov Defense 17. L Dezhurko vs N Pogonina   0-1 37 1997 RUS-ch U12 Girls B27 Sicilian 18. L Galustova vs N Pogonina   0-1 66 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B01 Scandinavian 19. Y Melnikova vs N Pogonina   ½-½ 52 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C49 Four Knights 20. O Druzhinina vs N Pogonina   0-1 61 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. N Pogonina vs N Zajnullina   1-0 17 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C50 Giuoco Piano 22. N Pogonina vs I Vasilevich   1-0 23 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. N Pogonina vs O Kuchkova 1-0 33 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls C05 French, Tarrasch 24. N Pogonina vs Korbut   1-0 29 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B32 Sicilian 25. N Pogonina vs M Komiagina 1-0 40 1998 RUS-ch U16 Girls B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation  page 1 of 65; games 1-25 of 1,622

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 29 OF 29 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-12-17    MissScarlett: Or because she doesn't like creepy stalkers. I know the feeling. Feb-12-17    morfishine: <HeMateMe> Drop it, you are a slobbering, drooling, overage social media user, who has WAY too much time on your hands There are much more fruitful ways for you to spend your quickly decreasing remaining time on this planet ***** Feb-12-17    HeMateMe: < morfishine > go away, loser. This is a chess site, not yahoo. Feb-12-17    WorstPlayerEver: Yeah, there must be more in life than being an anti-pun freak lol joke's on you, morfy. Sep-28-18    waustad: It seems that chess2700 has a different result for her game in round 2 of the olympiad. That site lists it as a draw, but all of chessbomb, chess-results and the official site list it as a loss. Oct-02-18    HeMateMe: Natalie and super chess vet Pia Cramling <http://www.chessdom.com/wp-content/...> This must be Andreikin with Pogonina, the winners of the 2018 Russian championships. <https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmWXeY6...> <http://www.chessvibes.com/sites/def...> I've never seen Chuckie all groomed up and well dressed, as here <http://kingpinchess.net/wp-content/...> She looks so pretty here, like two kids on a date. Oct-14-18    sonia91: Russian women's champion again in 2018, after beating Olga Girya in the playoff: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/an... A shame cg.com didn't cover the Russian Superfinals this year, as they are the world strongest national championships... Jul-24-22    carpovius: What a beautiful woman! Mar-09-23    Diocletian: Remarkable this is Fischer's birthday too. Mar-09-23    MissScarlett: Same coincidence happens every year. Spooky. Feb-03-24    Diocletian: <MissScarlett> Yes, I ran into trouble at the pharmacy with this, trying to fill a forged prescription (opium). "What is your birthday?" in front of thirty people in line. OK, "March 9th." "What year?" "Every year." Stupid people. Feb-03-24    Diocletian: Yes, I have all the Fischer radio interviews, which are getting hard to find. In one interview from Fischer's jail cell, Fischer declined Spassky's offer to join him if a chess board could be brought in. Fischer declined. "Nah, bring me a chick. What's that chick's name, uhhh... the Russian chick?" Her name is Pogonina, Bob, and she can play blindfold, no board needed. By the way, I cannot play blind, and the skill mystifies me. Feb-03-24    Diocletian: Here is Natalia's website http://www.pogonina.com/index.php?o..., and it is better than Playboy. I must learn to play blind so that I can challenge Natalia to a match. Mar-09-24    Diocletian: Happy Birthday, Natalija Pogonina! Желаю вам прекрасного дня рождения! Хорошего дня рождения! Прекрасного дня рождения! Mar-09-24    MissScarlett: <Yes, I have all the Fischer radio interviews, which are getting hard to find. In one interview from Fischer's jail cell, Fischer declined Spassky's offer to join him if a chess board could be brought in. Fischer declined. "Nah, bring me a chick. What's that chick's name, uhhh... the Russian chick?" Her name is Pogonina, Bob, and she can play blindfold, no board needed.> He was talking of Kostenuik, of course. And the interview wasn't with Spassky nor from a prison cell. But the rest is spot on. Mar-09-24    stone free or die: Here's a nice recent photograph of her from the Russian Championships (2023): https://static.tildacdn.com/tild633... . Jun-09-24    Diocletian: No, no, the interview was not with Spassky. But Bob was responding from his jail cell to Spassky's public offer - made in protest of Bob's imprisonment - to join Bob in jail if a chess set were provided. After all, Spassky reasoned, he was guilty of exactly the same 'crime' of playing chess! Yes, the interviews seem to me - except for the extreme antisemitism - less crazy as time goes on. I do not know of any chess players, including Jewish players, who took the statements terribly seriously or who thought less of his contribution because of them. Jun-09-24    Diocletian: Alexandra Kosteniuk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa... How do you know he was referring to Alexandra? Jun-09-24    MissScarlett: I remember. Plus, Kosteniuk was something of a chess celebrity by 1999-2001 (I'm sketchy on the timeline of these radio interviews which stretched across Fischer's time in Hungary to the Philippines and Japan), whereas Natalia was practically unknown. Jun-26-24    Diocletian: OK. I have all the interviews. Fischer was in jail 2004-2005 so Natalija would have been about 20 - and a WGM. But as I recall there's no way to tell from the interview to whom Fischer was referring. It's been a while since I listened to the interviews, but I keep them all with backups. They're growing rapidly in popularity! Jun-26-24    Diocletian: She would have been 19. Alexandra is only one year older than Natalija. Here are their games against each other, played for the prize. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Nov-17-24    MissScarlett: You were right about the prison cell, but I was right about Kosteniuk: <Anchor: Bobby, how about the letter by Boris Spassky on your behalf? Fischer: I saw it, I didn’t like it. I didn’t like the tone – he was trying to make me sound like a weirdie. And he is begging Bush for mercy? What is this? Anchor: He said that if you had done something wrong he had done the same and should be put into your cell with you. Fischer: I don’t want him in my cell. I want a chick. How about that Russian chick, what’s her name, Kosteniuk? This Spassky, he is a very good “frenemy” of mine – a friend and enemy.> https://en.chessbase.com/post/liste... Nov-17-24    stone free or die: Fischer had his Spassky, Daniel had his Missy. Mar-18-25    Diocletian: Thank you for the excellent link! Mar-19-25    stone free or die: Looks like her website: http://www.pogonina.com/index.php isn't working at the moment. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 29) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 29 OF 29 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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