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Anna Hahn
A Hahn 
 

Number of games in database: 76
Years covered: 1992 to 2004
Last FIDE rating: 2235
Highest rating achieved in database: 2271
Overall record: +24 -30 =22 (46.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ANNA HAHN
(born Jun-21-1976, 48 years old) Latvia (federation/nationality United States of America)

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In 1992, Anna Hahn (Kahn) won the Latvian's Women's Chess Championship. In 1993, she took 2nd place in the World Girls' Championship. Hahn was awarded the Women's International Master title in 1995. In 2003, she won the US Women's Championship. One of her hobbies is kick boxing.

Wikipedia article: Anna Hahn (chess player)

Last updated: 2022-01-13 11:24:11

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Andersson vs A Hahn  0-1391992EU-ch U20 GirlsC44 King's Pawn Game
2. M Brokko-Olde vs A Hahn 0-1211992EU-ch U20 GirlsC58 Two Knights
3. M Kouwenhoven vs A Hahn  1-0591993Wch U18 GirlsC55 Two Knights Defense
4. A Hahn vs B Marinello  0-1481993United States Championship (Women)C12 French, McCutcheon
5. A Root vs A Hahn  0-1451993United States Championship (Women)E90 King's Indian
6. I Levitina vs A Hahn  0-1401993United States Championship (Women)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
7. A Hahn vs J Tverskaya  ½-½351993United States Championship (Women)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
8. A Hahn vs L Pelech  1-0411993United States Championship (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
9. A Hahn vs V Dimitrijevic  1-0321993United States Championship (Women)B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
10. A Hahn vs A Belakovskaia  0-1461993United States Championship (Women)B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
11. S Burtman vs A Hahn  0-1441993United States Championship (Women)E81 King's Indian, Samisch
12. E Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya vs A Hahn  1-0351993United States Championship (Women)A52 Budapest Gambit
13. Y Xu vs A Hahn 1-0461994Wch U18 GirlsC55 Two Knights Defense
14. R Fischer vs A Hahn  1-0301997World opA07 King's Indian Attack
15. A Ivanov vs A Hahn  1-0301997Chicago op2B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
16. A Hahn vs A Kaliksteyn  0-1281997US MastersB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
17. G Shahade vs A Hahn  ½-½171997US MastersA10 English
18. A Hahn vs G Samsa  1-0351997US MastersB03 Alekhine's Defense
19. D H Thomas vs A Hahn  0-1351997US MastersC45 Scotch Game
20. C Gelman vs A Hahn  0-1461997US MastersC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
21. A Sherzer vs A Hahn  1-022199725th World OpenB56 Sicilian
22. J Shahade vs A Hahn  1-0251997United States Championship (Women)B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
23. A Hahn vs A Belakovskaia  ½-½321997United States Championship (Women)E97 King's Indian
24. T Zitserman vs A Hahn  0-1641997United States Championship (Women)D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
25. A Hahn vs I Jezierska  1-0451997United States Championship (Women)E97 King's Indian
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Nov-06-03  Diggitydawg: Jeez guys, the comments on this page are a little embarrassing, although I'm guilty of it too (post on the Kosteniuk page). I'd like to point out that Hahn won the US championship 2003 in Seattle in January after a three-way playoff among her, Jennifer Shahade, and Irina Krush. Her result against Krush indicates to me that her elo is lower than her true playing strength.
Apr-26-04  refutor: i got this off the chesstalk.com message board...any american opinions on this farce?!

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...

Apr-26-04  Benjamin Lau: <i got this off the chesstalk.com message board...any american opinions on this farce?!>

If what this link says is true, my respect for Susan Polgar has suddenly plummeted. I can't believe what kind of a deal she would pull... And now she is threatening to sue the USCF for not honoring a shady deal that completely broke the rules??? Hahn deserves the place, she won it fair and square. If the USCF doesn't think she deserves her place on the olympiad merely because her rating is too low, we might as well decide everything by rating. Why have an olympiad at all? Why don't we just declare the country with the highest average ELO the winner right off the bat? Nuts.

Apr-26-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: Hahn should be given a spot, if that was the understanding at the time. That said, this controversy highlights the inequities of choosing a woman's champion without considering quality of opposition. Without minimizing Hahn's achievement in winning the 15 minute play-off games against Krush and Shahade, she scored an equal number of points in an essentially different tournament than those two. Because she did poorly at the start, her average opponent rating was a very low 2280. Shahade was essentially playing in the men's competition, with an monster average rating of 2466, even much higher than Krush's average opponent of 2386. Wouldn't it be clear that Shahade's achievement in chess terms was better than Krush's or Hahn's?

Source: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/eve...

Apr-26-04  shr0pshire: I support Anna Hahn on this fully.
She earned her spot fair and square, this not only cheapens the US championship, but is a large blow to Hahn. I am saddened to be apart of an organization that can do this to anyone, let alone a US Champion.

Here is another link with similar info....

http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/

Apr-26-04  badbadLeroyBrown: I hate those slimy behind the scenes deals. It makes me glad I quit USCF several years ago.
Oct-26-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: Allright, at the time of the Championships in 2003, was it assumed that the winner would automatically be given a spot on the Olympic team? Was there a precedent? If so....Anna really deserves justice, what an outcry!
Jun-08-06  Legend: Any news about Anna Hahn?
Jun-08-06  sneaky pete: De Schoolmeester: De Haan (fragment)

Wy zijn het eens met Linnaeus,
dat er geen beesten bestaan,
Die meer van kippen houden dan een haan,
En het blijkt uit de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis,
Dat dit eigentlijk de oorsprong van hoendereieren is.

...

En hy is altijd een beest
Met een goede memorie geweest;
Want hy knijpt, als hy kraait, zijn oogen toe,
Of hy zeggen woĆ»:
"Je ziet, hoop ik, dat ik 't uit mijn hoofd doe?"

...

Volgens Grotius en Puffendorf is de haan
Eigentlijk gezegd een Mahomedaan.
Omtrent het huwelijk volgt hy dan ook Oostersche begrippen, En houdt er verscheidene gemalinnen op na,
beter bekend onder den naam van kippen,
En die, naar men algemeen zegt,
Zeer gelukkig met hem zijn in den echt.

...

Hoe dit zij, een haan zijn grootste pleizier,
Is nog altijd de begrafenis van een poelier.

Jun-08-06  Albertan: Anna Hahn is currently working at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank as a programmer.

Nov-29-08  whiteshark: <is currently working at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank> Maybe not the latest state...
Nov-29-08  Jim Bartle: So is she keeping her seven-figure bonus or giving it back?
Nov-30-08  whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_H...(chess)
Mar-25-14  BobbieM: I've been reading Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb and the comment by Vagabond from 11 year ago is quoted in it!

"Anna Hahn can mate me any day. Growl."

Congratulations lol!

Mar-03-15  Caissanist: According to this 2011 New York Times article, she has been working at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw Group since shortly after winning the US Women's Championship in 2003: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/09... .
Mar-21-15  zanzibar: I think the bio should discuss a little more the name change rather than just show her previous name in parens.

Normally that indicates a maiden name, but now here. She changed her name for other reasons.

Wiki points out that many databases use her old name, as I've discovered.

May-14-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Hahn/Kahn, that's a strange name change if the reason is not something like marriage. Both names are German, Hahn meaning rooster and Kahn meaning boat.

Maybe, a rooster is more fitting for someone whose hobby is kick boxing :D

May-14-16  Granny O Doul: The Kahn-to-Hahn change, I understand, came because she was tired of her name being continually misrendered "Khan", a la Genghis. And yes, that team selection fiasco was a shameful episode in US chess. On the other hand, I suppose she's rich now.
May-14-16  PhilFeeley: Any idea why she didn't play the U.S. championship this year?
May-14-16  sonia91: <Anna Hahn (Kahn)> According to Olimpbase (http://www.olimpbase.org/Elo/player...) it's "Khan", not "Kahn"; I think in Russian (Latvia was part of the USSR when she was born) 'kh' sounds 'h' (can you confirm <alexmagnus>?)

<PhilFeeley: Any idea why she didn't play the U.S. championship this year?> She is inactive for more than 10 years; besides, from what I understand, the qualification for the US championships is entirely based on USCF ratings.

May-14-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Anna Hāna here:

https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_...

May-14-16  diceman: <Anna Hahn is currently working at Goldman Sachs>

<she has been working at the hedge fund>

Interesting.

Id figure she'd be working at
Goldman Sacs, managing a Hedgehog.

May-14-16  Rookiepawn: Well, she chose the same name as the first female serial killer executed in USA, so if you search her name you'll probably stumble upon crimes and so on. So remember: she's not that one.
Jul-15-19  Chesgambit: US championship 2003 match Bf3!
Dec-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sally Simpson: in the 1995 US women's championships - (see Game Collection: US women's championships)

Two games not here are Anna's games v Kaganovska and Krush. (they do not appear to be under her previous name 'Khan' either)

Both games were awarded the 1995 Paul Albert Brilliancy Prize. The reason Anna won both prizes was to avoid any claims of favouritism. The judge, Arthur Bisguier, was given the score sheets with no names.

Both games are in 'Winning The Won Game' by Kopec and Ftacnik. A good book, some wonderful games.
When Danny sent me a draft I suggested the title sounded like a work book and not a book full of entertaining games. I wanted something like; 'Prize Winning Games from the US Championship 1984-2003' I thought that would be more attractive.

(I'll get around to submitting Anna's prize winning games in due course.)

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