Anna Zatonskih

Anna Zatonskih (Ukrainian: Ганна Затонських; July 17, 1978[1]) is a Ukrainian and American chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a four-time U.S. women's champion, as well as a former Ukrainian women's champion.

Anna Zatonskih
at the European Club Cup, Halkidiki, October 2008
CountryUkraine (until 2004)
United States (since 2004)
Born (1978-07-17) July 17, 1978
Mariupol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
TitleInternational Master
Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating2420 (February 2021)
Peak rating2537 (May 2011)

Career

Born in Mariupol, Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union), 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.

Zatonskih won many Ukrainian girls' titles in several age categories. In 1999 she was awarded the WGM title by FIDE. She won the Ukrainian Women's Championship in 2001. She represented Ukraine in two Women's Chess Olympiads, at Istanbul 2000 at Bled 2002, and in two Women's European Team Championships, Batumi 1999 (where she won a silver medal on her board) and Leon 2001.

She has played on the U.S. national team in all Women's Olympiads since 2004 and in three Women's World Team Championships. Her team won the team silver medal in the 2004 Olympiad and the team bronze in the 2008 Olympiad; she also won the gold medal on board one at the 2008 Olympiad, and the silver medal on board one at the 2017 Women's World Team Championship. Zatonskih won the United States Women's Chess Championship in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011.[2] In 2008, she defeated the defending U.S. women's champion, Irina Krush, in a playoff held with the "Armageddon" format.[3]

Personal life

Zatonskih is married to Daniel Fridman, also a chess player.

References
  1. Anna Zatonskih FIDE rating history, 1994–2001 at Olimpbase.org
  2. "IM Anna Zatonskih (Top Player Bio)", United States Chess Federation
  3. "Armageddon at the US Women's Championship". Chess News. ChessBase. 2008-06-09. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
Preceded by
Rusudan Goletiani		 U.S. Women's Chess Champion
2006		 Succeeded by
Irina Krush
Preceded by
Irina Krush		 U.S. Women's Chess Champion
2008, 2009		 Succeeded by
Irina Krush
Preceded by
Irina Krush		 U.S. Women's Chess Champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Irina Krush
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