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Elisabeth Paehtz
E Paehtz 
Photo by Gerhard Hund 

Number of games in database: 1,907
Years covered: 1994 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2405 (2402 rapid, 2362 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2493
Overall record: +418 -269 =534 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 686 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (252) 
    B22 B25 B40 B90 B42
 Queen's Pawn Game (132) 
    D02 D00 A46 A45 E00
 French Defense (70) 
    C11 C05 C18 C15 C01
 Caro-Kann (54) 
    B10 B18 B13 B12 B15
 Ruy Lopez (40) 
    C77 C65 C78 C95 C67
 Giuoco Piano (39) 
    C53 C50
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (204) 
    B90 B51 B22 B92 B23
 Queen's Pawn Game (131) 
    A41 E00 A40 D02 A45
 King's Indian (99) 
    E63 E62 E94 E61 E73
 French Defense (72) 
    C03 C02 C11 C18 C10
 Slav (67) 
    D12 D11 D10 D15 D16
 English (63) 
    A10 A15 A13 A17 A16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004 1-0
   E Paehtz vs Klitschko Brothers, 2001 1-0
   L Galojan vs E Paehtz, 2009 0-1
   E Paehtz vs T Banusz, 2017 1-0
   N Umudova vs E Paehtz, 2015 0-1
   E Paehtz vs M Geldiyeva, 2016 1-0
   E Paehtz vs Kosteniuk, 2002 1/2-1/2
   M Socko vs E Paehtz, 2009 0-1
   E Paehtz vs E Moser, 2001 1-0
   E Paehtz vs J Gustafsson, 2014 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   World Junior Championship (Girls) (2005)
   European Team Championship (Women) (2017)
   Istanbul Olympiad (Women) (2000)
   Moscow Open (2010)
   European Championship (Women) (2001)
   Wch U20 Girls (2001)
   European Championship (Women) (2006)
   European Championship (Women) (2009)
   European Championship (Women) (2003)
   European Championship (Women) (2005)
   European Championship (Women) (2004)
   Turin Olympiad (Women) (2006)
   European Championship (Women) (2010)
   European Championship (Women) (2007)
   European Championship (Women) (2013)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Nicosia Women's Grand Prix
   E Paehtz vs D Deshmukh (Mar-24-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Muzychuk vs E Paehtz (Mar-23-25) 1-0
   E Paehtz vs Goryachkina (Mar-22-25) 1/2-1/2
   M Muzychuk vs E Paehtz (Mar-21-25) 1-0
   E Paehtz vs H Dronavalli (Mar-19-25) 1-0

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ELISABETH PAEHTZ
(born Jan-08-1985, 40 years old) Germany

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Grandmaster (2022). Elisabeth Pähtz was born in Erfurt. Her father, GM Thomas Paehtz Sr, allowed her an extensive chess education from an early age. When only twelve years old, she won the German Under-20 championship for girls. In 1999 she became the youngest-ever German Women's Champion. She also won the U-18 category of the World Women's Championship in 2002. On the July 2005 edition of the FIDE women's rating list she was ranked 36th. In 2005, she won the World Women U-20 Championship. She is married to Luca Shytaj.

Wikipedia article: Elisabeth Pähtz

Last updated: 2022-12-08 17:16:17

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 page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,909  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Weclawski vs E Paehtz  1-0401994BL 9495 (Women)A48 King's Indian
2. N Dzagnidze vs E Paehtz  ½-½331995EU-ch U10 GirlsA07 King's Indian Attack
3. E Paehtz vs N Azarova  0-1411995Wch U12 Disney GirlsC18 French, Winawer
4. E Paehtz vs L Javakhishvili  1-0451996Wch U12 GirlsE81 King's Indian, Samisch
5. N Kosintseva vs E Paehtz  0-1241996Wch U12 GirlsB22 Sicilian, Alapin
6. M Mendl vs E Paehtz  ½-½211996Casino OpenB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
7. E Paehtz vs H Nagel  0-1281996Casino OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
8. U Roessler vs E Paehtz  1-0531997Dresden (Women)B32 Sicilian
9. E Paehtz vs A Guenther  0-1381997Dresden (Women)B33 Sicilian
10. M Ljiljak-Ankerst vs E Paehtz  1-0411997Dresden (Women)B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
11. T Kosintseva vs E Paehtz  ½-½241997Wch U12 GirlsB22 Sicilian, Alapin
12. E Paehtz vs M Korenova  ½-½751997Dresden (Women)C77 Ruy Lopez
13. E Virnik vs E Paehtz  ½-½371997Dresden (Women)B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
14. E Paehtz vs A Bollengier  0-1471997Dresden (Women)B01 Scandinavian
15. G Heinatz vs E Paehtz  ½-½181997Dresden (Women)E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3)
16. M Litynska vs E Paehtz 0-1821997Dresden (Women)E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. E Paehtz vs A Gara  0-1271997Dresden (Women)B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
18. N Kosintseva vs E Paehtz  1-0171997EU-ch U12 GirlsB23 Sicilian, Closed
19. E Paehtz vs A Caoili 1-0281997Wch U12 GirlsB40 Sicilian
20. F Doettling vs E Paehtz  ½-½451998GER-ch U20A46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. E Paehtz vs S Chang  1-0201998Elista Olympiad (Women)B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
22. E Paehtz vs E Epstein  0-1531998Elista Olympiad (Women)B42 Sicilian, Kan
23. I Mai vs E Paehtz 1-0501999Bundesliga 1998/99 (Women)E97 King's Indian
24. E Paehtz vs N Ioseliani 0-1671999Bundesliga 1998/99 (Women)B44 Sicilian
25. E Paehtz vs M Sebag  ½-½481999EU-ch U14 GirlsB01 Scandinavian
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jul-12-03  JGD: I really like this German girl! She has incredible talent for her age and the looks to match it.
Oct-09-03  pawntificator: Wow! She is so beautiful!! She doesn't look happy though.
Oct-09-03  ughaibu: Dont worry, you've enough happiness to cover the worries of the world's women.
Oct-09-03  ravrdj: wow, she's hot!! wish i could meet some girls that look that good and play chess ;)
Oct-10-03
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Down Boy !! Your hormones are raging.
Nov-24-03  ChessPraxis: Elisabeth is annoyed because her chess board is tilted and all the pieces are sliding down.
Nov-24-03  ChessPraxis: I don't think that's a realistic position on the chess board. That's because the pieces are sliding off.
Nov-25-03  Calli: Plays pretty well. Obviously not a Paehtz-er ;-)
Aug-02-04  shr0pshire: It must be nice to have a father who was at grandmaster strength at one point.

Sorry Lizzy, but I respect people that do it on their own more.

Aug-03-04  Dick Brain: <ChssPraxis> When I saw this picture I though that she was trying to use telekenisis to make the pieces slide back uphill.
Aug-03-04  chesscookie: maybe the pieces were glued on ;-)
Aug-09-04  percyblakeney: Pähtz’ win against Seps in Biel: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 0-0 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.c3 Re8 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Kg8 11.Ne6 1-0 Not bad to finish ahead of Bologan and equal with Ponomariov in the rapid play tournament in Mainz: http://www.chesstigers.de/cc/2004/d...
Aug-09-04  iron maiden: How exactly do you pronounce Paehtz?
Aug-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: <iron maiden> It's like Cats with a P. Actually the name should be written Pähtz with a umlaut instead of ae. But the umlauts sometimes mess up on the screen when you don't have a German computer.
Aug-10-04  iron maiden: Thanks, the pronounciation was a lot easier than I'd thought. Now for Euwe...
Aug-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: Whoa! Hold your horses! Euwe won't come until lesson 24! (-:

As it's Dutch I don't know if I say it right. The second part is easy, "we" is pronounced like the beginning of "vent". "eu" is a difficult double-vocal which doesn't exist in English. Try to combine the "u" in "turn" with the "e" in "here". But maybe the Dutch don't pronounce it that way...

Aug-10-04  LuckyFish: The next stage in the evolution of chess after Fischerandom will be Newtonrandom. We let gravity determine where the pieces start.
Aug-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: <LuckyFish> There is a version of gravity chess: http://www.chessvariants.com/other.... (-:
Aug-10-04  LuckyFish: I should have known. But it looks too much like the old Star Trek game on my old Kaypro PC.
Sep-24-04  Stonewaller2: Definitely an unbalanced position, bada-BING. One thing you know for sure, sitting down across from the 64 squares from any young person, you can never win. You're either going to get waxed by "some kid" or beat unmercifully on some "slip of a girl." In her case I think it'd most definitely be the former . . .
Oct-09-04  aw1988: <Now for Euwe...> UGH! The one million dollar question. :(
Oct-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  cu8sfan: <aw1988> The one million dollar question was solved on the Max Euwe page. Go to page 4 of the recent kibitzing and use the link I have given there and the explanations by User Profile: lostemperor
Feb-28-05  bsprizzle: Damn she is lookin good.
Feb-28-05  Abaduba: I think it's interesting how the old-guard female masters (Chiaburdenze and the Polgars, for example) tend to downplay their appearance, while many younger woman players are unashamedly selling their attractiveness (Paetz and Kosteniuk come immediately to mind, along with kibitzer favorites Rybenko and Stripchenko). I'm not sure whether or not this is a bad thing, but I wonder what prompted the shift.
Mar-03-05  Appaz: I saw somewhere that this girl speaks four or five languages (don't remember the exact number), among them my own Norwegian.
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