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Irina Levitina
I Levitina 
Photograph Wikimedia Commons  

Number of games in database: 382
Years covered: 1969 to 1995
Last FIDE rating: 2405
Highest rating achieved in database: 2425
Overall record: +174 -71 =137 (63.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (37) 
    B80 B32 B92 B69 B90
 Queen's Pawn Game (25) 
    D02 A46 A45 A41 A40
 Ruy Lopez (16) 
    C91 C78 C73 C77 C71
 English (12) 
    A15 A14 A12
 Reti System (10) 
    A04 A06 A05
 French Defense (9) 
    C10 C04 C05 C09 C07
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (52) 
    B22 B46 B90 B67 B42
 French Defense (15) 
    C03 C15 C01 C19 C00
 Alekhine's Defense (13) 
    B02 B03 B04
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    A46 E10 A40 E00 D02
 Modern Benoni (10) 
    A70 A61 A74 A58 A59
 King's Indian (9) 
    E94 E98 E75 E92 E73
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Levitina vs Goltsova, 1978 1-0
   N Alexandria vs I Levitina, 1975 0-1
   I Levitina vs N Alexandria, 1983 1-0
   I Levitina vs N Gaprindashvili, 1979 1-0
   I Levitina vs B Marinello, 1994 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Interzonal (Women) playoff (1974)
   Budapest (Women) (1973)
   Halle (Women) (1975)
   USSR Championship (Women) (1979)
   Alfoldy Memorial (Women) (1984)
   United States Championship (Women) (1991)
   United States Championship (Women) (1992)
   United States Championship (Women) (1993)
   Tbilisi Interzonal (Women) (1982)
   Naleczow (Women) (1988)
   United States Championship (Women) (1994)
   14th Soviet Team Championship qual-1 (1979)
   Cala Galdana Interzonal (Women) (1973)
   Alfoldy Memorial (Women) (1981)
   Manila Olympiad (Women) (1992)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1983 (women's) World Championship semi-final by gauer
   1983 (women's) World championship quarter-final by gauer

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IRINA LEVITINA
(born Jun-08-1954, 70 years old) Russia (federation/nationality United States of America)

[what is this?]
Irina Solomonova Levitina was born in Leningrad, USSR. Awarded the titles of WIM in 1972 and WGM in 1976, she was World Women's Championship Challenger in 1984. She's also been USSR Women's Champion in 1971, 1978 (jointly), 1979 and 1980-81. US Champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993. She has stopped playing chess and plays bridge now. In contract bridge she has been five times World Champion.

Wikipedia article: Irina Levitina


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 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 382  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. I Levitina vs L Semenova 0-1271969URS-chTB97 Sicilian, Najdorf
2. I Levitina vs L Fishmane  1-0371969URS-chT U18B30 Sicilian
3. Kuperman vs I Levitina  0-1391969URS-chT U18A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
4. E Epstein vs I Levitina  0-1461969URS-chT U18B53 Sicilian
5. A Kushnir vs I Levitina  1-0351970USSR Championship (Women)A27 English, Three Knights System
6. I Levitina vs K Eretova  1-0381970Leningrad-PragueC48 Four Knights
7. L Baryshnikova vs I Levitina  0-136197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-1B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
8. I Levitina vs L Saunina  ½-½44197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-1C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
9. T Shlepneva vs I Levitina  0-137197212th Soviet Team Championship qual-1B02 Alekhine's Defense
10. T Kacharava vs I Levitina  ½-½45197212th Soviet Team Championship Final-AB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
11. I Levitina vs M Makarycheva  1-033197212th Soviet Team Championship Final-AC05 French, Tarrasch
12. A Chernaia vs I Levitina  0-140197212th Soviet Team Championship Final-AB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
13. I Levitina vs L Fishmane  ½-½14197212th Soviet Team Championship Final-AB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
14. I Levitina vs S Mayer  0-1371972Leningrad (Women)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
15. I Levitina vs A Jurczynska  1-0341972Leningrad (Women)C10 French
16. E Pritchard vs I Levitina 0-1401972Skopje Olympiad (Women) Final-AB02 Alekhine's Defense
17. I Levitina vs V Shikova  1-0321972Skopje Olympiad (Women) Final-AC41 Philidor Defense
18. I Levitina vs C Lehmann  1-0311972Skopje Olympiad (Women) Final-AB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
19. I Levitina vs E Epstein  1-0401972USSR Championship (Women)B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
20. M Kinsigo vs I Levitina  1-0261972USSR Championship (Women)B03 Alekhine's Defense
21. N Konopleva vs I Levitina  ½-½271972USSR Championship (Women) playoffA48 King's Indian
22. V Kozlovskaya vs I Levitina  ½-½461972USSR Championship (Women) playoffD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
23. E Karakas vs I Levitina  0-1321973Budapest (Women)B02 Alekhine's Defense
24. K Radzikowska vs I Levitina  0-1551973Budapest (Women)B03 Alekhine's Defense
25. I Levitina vs Z Veroci  1-0391973Budapest (Women)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-16-06  SickedChess: quoted from New In Chess:
<"Mixed talents are a rarity. Or should we speak of one talent exploited twice if a player excels in both chess and bridge? Genna Sosonko portrays Irina Levitina, who after she had played for the world championship in women's chess in 1984, became bridge world champion 18 years later.">

Mar-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: I believe Bridge attracted a number of well known players. Lasker, Capablanca, Alyekin, Sir George Thomas, Korchnoi and Karpov I've heard all played. The last two sometimes partnered one another.
Jun-08-06  BIDMONFA: Irina Levitina

LEVITINA, Irina S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/levitina_ir...
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Jul-01-06  alexapple: Levitina won gold in 2006 Bridge world championship in women's pairs in Italy (together with Kerri Sanborn)!
Jun-08-07  Caissanist: The story on Levitina mentioned by <SickedChess> was included in Sosonko's most recent collection <Smart Chip in St. Petersburg>. One of the points that Levitina mentions is that it is not as hard for an older player to compete at the top level in bridge as in chess.
Jun-08-07  Caissanist: During the sixties and seventies bridge was very popular among top chess players; in those days you could play at the top level without having to spend as much time keeping up with theory as you do now. J.H. Donner once wrote an amusing account of a tournament where he and most of the other participants played mostly short draws (much to the consternation of the organizers), so that they could concentrate on their bridge games.
Jun-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: I also believe it was the thrashing by Fischer over Gil Ramirez, that led him to a career in bridge. Ramirez was an up and coming junior talent until he ran into Bobby.
Jun-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: So do we have "vice versa"?..who were the top bridge players who dabbled into chess?....Omar Shariff still has his column in newspapers, does he play chess?
Jun-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <Joshka> For bridge players who dabbled in chess, Alan Fraser Truscott springs to mind.
Jun-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <Joshka> For bridge players who dabbled in chess, Alan Fraser Truscott springs to mind.
Jun-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: I have never tried to learn bridge, really have never much cared for card games, maybe that's my hangup. Also from what I have read, bridge is a partner type of game, so really it is not an individual type of endeavor....if I ever were to get involved with a card game, seems like poker would suit me better, as it's still a solo effort against others....but there must be some attraction in bridge that I'm missing....any help would be appreciated, thanks!
Nov-25-08  whiteshark: Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_...
Jun-08-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Breunor: Peter Lee was a top bridge and chess player.

As usual, Edward Winter has something to say onthe subject:

http://chesshistory.com/winter/extr...

Mar-25-11  BLarsen1967: Irina L. at 17,winner of the 1971 USSR Champ.(w)
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