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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)

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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
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Jul-17-08  Petrosianic: <paulalbert> <Are we willing to accept the Armageddon Match result? First, it's not up to us.>

Maybe I phrased it badly. I didn't mean that it was up to us to render the decision. What I really meant was "Are we the public going to care about a title that's decided in that way?"

Jul-17-08  Phoenix: Maybe a better question today is whether we, the public, should recognize Anna's birthday just because she was "born" on this day.

Happy birthday, Anna!

Jul-17-08  Riverbeast: Happy Birthday, Anna -

She's won the championship of the Ukraine and the USA...Maybe she should now move to another country and see if she can win that championship also :-)

Jul-17-08  dx9293: It sounds strange to say this, but it seems to me that Anna Zatonskih is a little bit underrated as a chessplayer. She has a ~2450 Elo, but she doesn't get much mention as one of the top female players in the world.

Happy Birthday!

Jul-17-08  Travis Bickle: Hello Anna! She is a very nice person and good chess player! I used to play her at 2 minute blitz Master Challenge on the old WCN chess site. I also had the priviledge to have a chess lesson with Anna on The Ruy Lopez!
Jul-17-08
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  JointheArmy: <Travis Bickle> WCN was a terrible website run by incompetent admins and miserable mods who never became GM's. So glad they failed and went out of business.
Jul-17-08  Travis Bickle: Yeah But I got to play Susan Polgar at blitz, Larry Christiansen, Lev Pshakis, many more GM's and Irina Krush. They had banter chess where Masters would talk out their moves, with audio for Broadcasts and lectures. Tell me of a better site where you had such close contact with chess pro's?
Sep-16-08  kramputz: Blitz games are the comedy of chess.
Years ago blitz games were outlawed in the Soviet Union.
Apr-25-09  Dredge Rivers: Please, Anna, bury the hatchet with Irina Krush. (But not in her head!) :)
May-09-09  zdigyigy: Anna is beautiful!!
May-11-09  Wild Bill: Get well soon, Anna.
Sep-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Anna must have duel USA/Russia citizenship? She has played for the USA women's Olympiad, and is playing here for Russia in team competition.
Oct-11-09  Caissanist: Since she wasn't born in Russia, I wouldn't think that she was ever a Russian citizen. There don't seem to be any rules against representing a different country, so long as there are no objections from the federation you normally represent.
Oct-13-09  Wild Bill: 8 1/2 out of nine!!

Congratulations, Anna.

Oct-13-09  Phoenix: Absolutely an outstanding score.
Oct-13-09  Travis Bickle: Congratulations Anna Z!! 8.5/9 What an oustanding score!!! I used to play blitz with you on the old WCN. Do you remember? ; P
Oct-14-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Open Defence: <Travis> I never thought you were the Blitz and Tell type ;-p
Oct-14-09  Travis Bickle: OD Anna was very friendly and used to chat with me for a few moments when i said hello. She was very personable! ; P
Oct-14-09  laskersteinitz: OD, very clever word play there, hehehe!
Oct-15-09  Winter: Anna the Great!
Jun-23-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Prior to the start of the 2009 US Women's Championship, Anna gave a 5 board simultaneous blindfold exhibition, finishing with a +5, =0, -0 score. This is believed to be the record for the most number of games played simultaneously blindfold by a female chess player in a scheduled and regulated exhibition. A report and video can be found at:

http://www.blindfoldchess.net/blog/...

Jul-18-10  Remizatorul: Nice pics gallery here ...
http://remizatorul.weebly.com/13/po...
Jul-20-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Placed 2nd in the US Women's Championship 9-20 July 2010:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...

Aug-08-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Anna Z finishes 26th at Main Rapid, highest among women (World champion A. Kosteniuk finishd 49th) with 8 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. She finished around the middle of the field, not too bad.
Nov-13-10
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  HeMateMe: anna is seeded 18th at the ladies world championship. GL Anna! No Irina Krush, unfortunately. C. Baginskaite is in the tournament for the USA; she is seeded No. 49.
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