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Meet grandmaster Natalia Pogonina

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Natalia Pogonina (born March 9, 1985) is  a chess grandmaster and one of the best female chess players in the world. Since 2004 she has been a member of Team Russia and is the reigning Olympic Chess Champion and Russian Women's Chess Champion.

Woman Grandmaster (WGM), three-times European champion (U16, twice U18), bronze prize winner at the World Championship (U18) and European Women's Championship, winner of the gold medal at the 1st International Mind Sports Games, co-winner of the 2008 Student World Championship and Russian Superfinal-2010, and #1 at multiple prestigious international tournaments (2005 – Bykova Memorial, 2007 – Rudenko memorial, 2009 – Moscow Open, etc.). Ranked as 3rd most successful female chess player in the world in 2009 by the Association of Chess Professionals. In 2011 Natalia became the only chess player in the world to simultaneously win the Eurocup and European Team Chess Championship and in 2013 - the only person to hold the individual and team Russian Champion titles. She was runner-up at Women's World Team Chess Championship-2011 and earned the bronze medal in 2013.

As of 2010 Natalia's FIDE rating was over 2500 – a mark that is associated with the title of a male Grandmaster.

Natalia is the reigning Olympic Chess Champion (gold medals for both team and individual performances) and Russian Women's Chess Champion.

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Natalia Pogonina's Tournament Calendar

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Monday, 23 December 2013

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Pogonina.com offers the latest information about chess in general & Natalia's performances. Nonetheless, people often ask in which events Natalia is going to take part.

Fans and organizers - take notice:

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Strategy of Restriction

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Wednesday, 19 June 2013

By GM Lars Bo Hansen, PhD, MBA

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The super tournament in Moscow is a tribute to the great World Champion Tal, but in the third round Hikaru Nakamura played in the style of another great World Champion – Karpov. He employed a strategy perfected by Karpov – that of restriction.

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Tal Memorial, Round 6 Odds

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Round 6 starts on June 19 at 15:00 Moscow time:




Based on Peter Zhdanov's ChessBet model

Tournament information

Current standings: 1-2.Gelfand, Nakamura-3.5/5; 3-4.Carlsen, Mamedyarov-3; 5-6.Andreikin, Caruana-2.5; 7-8.Anand, Karjakin-2; 9-10.Kramnik, Morozevich-1.5

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Chess Tactics

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Moskalenko (2536) - Boscolo (2314), 2013
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Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Dilijan, Round 3

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The second stage of Women's FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Dilijan, Armenia, from June 15 to 29.

Round 3 results:

WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2316    1 - 0 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2511
GM Harika Dronavalli 2492 1/2 - 1/2 WGM Girya Olga 2436
GM Danielian Elina 2475 1/2 - 1/2 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Ushenina Anna 2499 1/2 - 1/2 GM Koneru Humpy 2597
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2526    0 - 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2531
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2531 1/2 - 1/2 GM Muzychuk Anna 2593

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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week

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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

By candidate master Peter Zhdanov, editor of Pogonina.com

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In this special weekly column we will be looking at the most unexpected upsets that happened last week. Players usually face opponents of a similar level. Considerably less frequent are situations when a significantly lower-rated player succeeds in beating a much stronger adversary.

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Golden Sands, Final Standings

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Tuesday, 18 June 2013

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Natalia Pogonina (2488) drew her game as Black vs. IM Arsen Zorovic (2433). She finished 54th with a result of 5.5/9 (+3 -1 =4) and took the second women's prize.

Congratulations to Natalia's coach, GM Vladimir Georgiev, on sharing 2-4 places and performing at 2651 level!

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Tal Memorial, Round 5 Odds

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Round 5 starts on June 18 at 15:00 Moscow time:




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Tournament information

Current standings: 1.Nakamura-3/4; 2-3.Gelfand, Mamedyarov-2.5; 4-7.Andreikin, Anand, Carlsen, Caruana-2; 8-9.Karjakin, Morozevich-1.5; 10.Kramnik-1

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Golden Sands, Round 8 Results

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Natalia Pogonina (2488) lost to WGM Mary Ann Gomes (2408) as White.

Complete Round 8 results

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