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Anna Zatonskih
A Zatonskih 
Photograph copyright © 2008 Federación Argentina de Ajedrez  

Number of games in database: 1,421
Years covered: 1992 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2300 (2246 rapid, 2321 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2537
Overall record: +482 -269 =425 (59.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 245 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (125) 
    B20 B22 B32 B90 B80
 French Defense (63) 
    C02 C05 C03 C07 C01
 King's Indian Attack (54) 
    A07
 Queen's Pawn Game (42) 
    A46 D02 E10 A45 A40
 Nimzo Indian (40) 
    E32 E46 E36 E33 E51
 King's Indian (39) 
    E62 E67 E63 E60 E76
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (183) 
    C11 C10 C07 C02 C01
 French (86) 
    C11 C10 C00 C12
 Queen's Pawn Game (71) 
    D02 D00 A40 A46 D05
 Queen's Gambit Declined (60) 
    D37 D31 D35 D39 D30
 French Tarrasch (46) 
    C07 C09 C05 C03
 Sicilian (44) 
    B33 B45 B30 B22 B40
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Votava vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1
   R Goletiani vs A Zatonskih, 2009 0-1
   I Krush vs A Zatonskih, 2009 0-1
   A Melekhina vs A Zatonskih, 2014 0-1
   A Zatonskih vs C Baginskaite, 2014 1-0
   A Zatonskih vs P Dukaczewski, 2013 1-0
   P Charbonneau vs A Zatonskih, 2004 0-1
   I Krush vs A Zatonskih, 2011 0-1
   T Spanton vs A Zatonskih, 2006 0-1
   R Forthofer vs A Zatonskih, 2006 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Ukrainian Championship (Women) (2001)
   US Women's Championship (2008)
   US Women's Chess Championship (2009)
   Marseille (Women) (2006)
   US Women's Championship (2007)
   US Chess Championship (Women) (2013)
   USA Women Championship (2010)
   US Championship (Women) (2019)
   Calvia Olympiad (Women) (2004)
   Dresden Olympiad (Women) (2008)
   Gibraltar Masters (2011)
   Gibraltar Masters (2009)
   Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2012)
   Gibraltar Masters (2012)
   Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Zatonskih! by larrewl
   2003 NAO - Oklahoma by gauer
   2017 U.S. Women's Chess Championships by AchieverofChess

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Grenke Freestyle Open
   A Zatonskih vs K Kucuksari (Apr-20-25) 1/2-1/2, unorthodox
   M Klekowski vs A Zatonskih (Apr-20-25) 1-0, unorthodox
   A Zatonskih vs V Finek (Apr-19-25) 0-1, unorthodox
   A Zatonskih vs Movsesian (Apr-18-25) 0-1, unorthodox
   T Cervantes Landeiro vs A Zatonskih (Oct-23-24) 1/2-1/2

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ANNA ZATONSKIH
(born Jul-17-1978, 46 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality United States of America)

[what is this?]

Anna Vitalyevna Zatonskih was born in Mariupol, Ukraine. She learned chess at age 5 and won girls' championships of Ukraine in several different age categories before finally winning the "overall" women's championship in 2001 and 2002. She became a WGM (Woman Grandmaster) in 1999 and obtained the International Master title in 2003. She represented the USA 2010 (Women's) Olympiad team on 2nd board & was part of the American team that won the silver medal in the Calvia Olympiad (Women) (2004).

Zatonskih won the US Women's Championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and most recently US Championship (Women) (2011). She currently lives with her husband, GM Daniel Fridman, in Ohio. She qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012) winning her first round match with 4-times Argentinian Women's Champion, IM Carolina Lujan before losing to WGM Wenjun Ju in the second round.

She won the 3rd Cairns Cup (2023) with a 6/8 score, a point ahead of Alexandra Kosteniuk, thereby achieving her first grandmaster norm a month before her 45th birthday.

Daughter of Vitaly Zatonskih.

Wikipedia article: Anna Zatonskih Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women

Last updated: 2024-08-13 12:16:06

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 page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,421  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Y Erwee vs A Zatonskih  0-1371992Wch U14 GirlsA84 Dutch
2. A Zatonskih vs D Blimke-Deren  1-0151992Wch U14 GirlsB20 Sicilian
3. N Hagesaether vs A Zatonskih  0-1311992Wch U14 GirlsB33 Sicilian
4. A Zatonskih vs R Blai  1-0291992Wch U14 GirlsC02 French, Advance
5. P Sochorova vs A Zatonskih  1-0421992Wch U14 GirlsC05 French, Tarrasch
6. C Peptan vs A Zatonskih  1-0511992Wch U14 GirlsC05 French, Tarrasch
7. A Zatonskih vs F Kiss  1-0521992Wch U14 GirlsB20 Sicilian
8. A Zatonskih vs E Lendvai  ½-½601992Wch U14 GirlsC41 Philidor Defense
9. A Zatonskih vs A Abishova  1-0311992Wch U14 GirlsB20 Sicilian
10. E Danielian vs A Zatonskih  1-0371992Wch U14 GirlsA90 Dutch
11. N Apkhaidze vs A Zatonskih  0-1371992Wch U14 GirlsA10 English
12. A Zatonskih vs M Macekova  ½-½331994Bratislava Slovan opB87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5
13. A Zatonskih vs M Duminica  0-1251994Baile Herculane (Women)C47 Four Knights
14. A Zatonskih vs M Ac  0-1731994Bratislava Slovan opB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
15. A Zatonskih vs G Sarakauskas  1-0251994Moravka opJB15 Caro-Kann
16. A Zatonskih vs M Dekusar  0-1461994Bucharest-B (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
17. A Zatonskih vs M Castiglione  0-1401994Bratislava Slovan opC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
18. A Zatonskih vs N Mereacre  1-0371994Baile Herculane (Women)B15 Caro-Kann
19. A Zatonskih vs G Olarasu  ½-½611994Romania (Women)C78 Ruy Lopez
20. A Zatonskih vs M Teodorescu  ½-½231994Baile Herculane (Women)C47 Four Knights
21. A Zatonskih vs R Cernin  1-0331994Moravka opJC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
22. A Zatonskih vs M Kriz  1-0381994Bratislava Slovan opB30 Sicilian
23. A Zatonskih vs M Kouvatsou  1-0291994Wch U16 GirlsC47 Four Knights
24. A Zatonskih vs A O Baciu  1-0371994Baile Herculane (Women)B20 Sicilian
25. A Zatonskih vs C Iosif  1-0291994Romania (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
 page 1 of 57; games 1-25 of 1,421  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Mar-08-04  WMD: She could be Shirov's next wife.
Mar-08-04  tino72: <She could be Shirov's next wife.> No - she's too old: at least 25.
Sep-23-04  azaris: Speaking of chessplayers' wives, Alekhine married several times and every time with a woman much older than himself. Once when he married a woman 20 years older than himself, the French press wrote that he had married Philidor's widow.
Sep-23-04  SickedChess: Anna Zatonskih is married too..
also Alexandra Kosteniuk with a man 30 years older than herself (Diego F. Garces)
Sep-23-04  JustAFish: She's currently attending Oberlin College in Ohio. Recently she played a simul in which I played horribly and was trounced in 18 moves. She seemed like a nice, quiet, modest person.
Sep-24-04  SickedChess: She is ukranian born like Irina Krush.
Anna and Irina are strong players, but i think the chinese team is still the favourite for the gold medal in Calvia 2004
Nov-25-04  solstys: She just beat Shabalov in the 1st round of the US Chessmaster Championship! http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
Oct-20-05  larrewl: Why aren't any of her 2005 games here? Does anyone know where to get them so they might be uploaded?
Oct-20-05  ChessVip: According to FIDE she just play few rated games in two tournaments this year: 1 Annual HB Glob.Challeng - USA http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.p... 24 North American Open - USA
http://www.fide.com/ratings/trarc.p...
Oct-20-05  ChessVip: no games available from her in Chessbase neither
Nov-14-05  SickedChess: pic of Anna Zatonskih, Rusudan Goletiani and Harmen Jorkman http://home.tiscali.nl/xp147427/Har...
Mar-03-06  Warrush: Ive meet both Anna Zatonskih, Irina Krush, Pascal Charbbeneu, Anatoly Karpov, and Susan Polgar at the Clash of the Titans in Lindsborg Kansas. My chess coach, Ralph Bowman, was the head organizer there and is friends with both Polgar and Karpov.
Mar-07-06  midknightblue: she is performing very well in the 2006 us chess championships so far.
Mar-07-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  BishopBerkeley: Anna looks like she's concentrating quite intently here:

http://www.uschesschampionship.com/...

From:

http://www.uschesschampionship.com/...

which in turn is from:

http://www.uschesschampionship.com

Current standings:

http://www.uschesschampionship.com/...

(: ♗ Bishop Berkeley ♗ :)

Mar-08-06  Jim Bartle: Defeated Walter Browne yesterday, though I can't see why he resigned.
Mar-13-06  BIDMONFA: Anna Zatonskih

ZATONSKIH, Anna
http://www.bidmonfa.com/zatonskih_a...
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Mar-14-06  apawnandafool: <topzilla xyz wow is she cute> Yeah, I know, she's real cute in that one, and this one is even better!!http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch20...

And such a pretty smile!
http://www.worldopen.com/Photos2004...

Jun-12-06  SickedChess: http://www.jennifershahade.com/redw...
The Lady in red...
Aug-12-06  ChessVip: Zatonskih´s Interview
http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/ma...
Aug-12-06  Albertan: Oct-20-05
larrewl: Why aren't any of her 2005 games here? Does anyone know where to get them so they might be uploaded?

Hi larrewl you can get her 2005 and 2006 games here:

http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSea...

Jul-19-07  pawnofdoom: was she born in 1987 or 1978? her bio mentions both
Jul-19-07  Karpova: She was born in 1978
http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph...
May-17-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: she is doing well in the US Women's Championship (2008)

Jun-09-08  actinia: Regarding the Krush-Zatonskih 2008 US Women's Championship Armageddon game...

I can't tolerate blitz players who break the rules. When a blitz player 'pre-moves' in an OTB game I just grab their king and stop the clock. In blitz, illegal moves are punished with a loss. Irina Krush should have done something about it the moment it happened. Unfortunately she didn't.

Jun-09-08  Petrosianic: <I can't tolerate blitz players who break the rules.>

Except, it looks like she didn't.

<When a blitz player 'pre-moves' in an OTB game I just grab their king and stop the clock.>

Then it looks like you are a blitz player who breaks the rules, and therefore you cannot tolerate yourself. Have you read USCF's reply?

http://main.uschess.org/content/vie...

<Is it illegal to move before the opponent punches the clock? Apparently not...>

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