Anna Zatonskih
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Anna Zatonskih is a chess
player from the United States. She is a Woman Grandmaster, as well as an International Master. She is a chess professional, who coaches players and competes in tournaments. Zatonskih is the 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011 U.S. Women's Chess Champion.
Zatonskih learned chess at age five from her parents, who are both strong players. Her father Vitaly is rated about 2300, while her mother is a Candidate Master. Anna beat her mother for the first time at age 14.
Anna won many Ukrainian Girls' titles in several age categories. She was awarded the WGM title in 1999. She twice won the Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship, in 2001 and 2002. She represented Ukraine in two Chess Olympiad
s: at Istanbul 2000
, she scored 7/11 (+5 =4 -2) on board two; and at Bled 2002
, she scored 3.5/7 (+2 =3 -2) on board three.
She represented the U.S. in the Chess Olympiads of 2004
, 2006
, and 2008
. The Americans won the team silver in 2004, their highest finish ever. Zatonskih won the United States Women's Championship in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2008, she beat the defending U.S. Women's Chess Champion, Irina Krush, by a single second under time control
, a moment that has been widely-viewed on the Internet because of Krush's reaction of smacking her king across the room in anger. Zatonskih had to withdraw from the 2009 US Championship because of illness. She is married to Latvian-born Grandmaster Daniel Fridman
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player from the United States. She is a Woman Grandmaster, as well as an International Master. She is a chess professional, who coaches players and competes in tournaments. Zatonskih is the 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011 U.S. Women's Chess Champion.
Zatonskih learned chess at age five from her parents, who are both strong players. Her father Vitaly is rated about 2300, while her mother is a Candidate Master. Anna beat her mother for the first time at age 14.
Anna won many Ukrainian Girls' titles in several age categories. She was awarded the WGM title in 1999. She twice won the Ukrainian Women's Chess Championship, in 2001 and 2002. She represented Ukraine in two Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s: at Istanbul 2000
34th Chess Olympiad
The 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chess competition :...
, she scored 7/11 (+5 =4 -2) on board two; and at Bled 2002
35th Chess Olympiad
The 35th Chess Olympiad took place from October 25th to November 11th, 2002, in Bled, . In the men's tournament there were 136 teams, and in the women's, 92 teams...
, she scored 3.5/7 (+2 =3 -2) on board three.
She represented the U.S. in the Chess Olympiads of 2004
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca.-Chess...
, 2006
37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
, and 2008
38th Chess Olympiad
The 38th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 12–25 November 2008, in Dresden, Germany and was won by Armenia.The 2010 Olympiad is...
. The Americans won the team silver in 2004, their highest finish ever. Zatonskih won the United States Women's Championship in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In 2008, she beat the defending U.S. Women's Chess Champion, Irina Krush, by a single second under time control
Time control
A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. Time controls are typically enforced by means of a game clock...
, a moment that has been widely-viewed on the Internet because of Krush's reaction of smacking her king across the room in anger. Zatonskih had to withdraw from the 2009 US Championship because of illness. She is married to Latvian-born Grandmaster Daniel Fridman
Daniel Fridman
Daniel Fridman is a German chess master who originates from Latvia. He was Latvian champion in 1996 and German champion in 2008.-Early chess career:...
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