Ekaterina Atalik | |
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Country | Russia (until 2005) Turkey (since 2005) |
Born | (1982-11-14) 14 November 1982 (age 42) Kirov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Title | International Master (2007) Woman Grandmaster (2001) |
Peak rating | 2481 (September 2011) |
Ekaterina Atalik (née Polovnikova; born 14 November 1982 in Kirov) is a Russian-Turkish chess player, who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).
She won the European Youth Chess Championship in the under-16 girls' section in 1997.
In 2005, she married Grandmaster Suat Atalık from Turkey, and obtained Turkish citizenship. She took clear second place, behind her husband, at the 3rd Mediterranean Chess Championship, held from 31 January to 8 February 2006 in Antalya, and was declared Mediterranean women's champion.
In April 2006 she won the 7th European Women's Chess Championship in Kuşadası, Turkey. Atalik also won the Turkish women's championship in 2008 and 2016.
In January 2016, she took clear first place in the 15th Prague Open with a score of 8/9, a full point ahead of the nearest followers.
Notable games
- Nino Khurtsidze vs Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik, FIDE Women's World Championship 2004, English Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, General (A11), ½-½
- Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik vs Almira Skripchenko-Lautier, Biel Int'l Festival (Ladies) 2006, Indian Game: Budapest Defense (A51), 1-0
References
- "Ekaterina Atalik: "We Don't Expect Support from Anybody Other Than Our Lawyers"". chess-news.ru. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- Short, Nigel (11 November 2005). "World Junior Championships begin". ChessBase. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- Crowther, Mark (13 February 2006). "TWIC 588: 3rd Mediterranean Championship". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- "Ekaterina Atalik and Zdenko Kozul European Champions". ChessBase. 16 April 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- "2016 Arzum Türkiye Kadınlar Şampiyonu IM Ekaterina Atalık". kadinlar2016.tsf.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish Chess Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- "IM Ekaterina Atalik convincing winner of 15th Prague International". FIDE. 16 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
External links
- Ekaterina Atalik rating card at FIDE
- Ekaterina Atalik chess games at 365Chess.com
- Ekaterina Polovnikova chess games at 365Chess.com
- Ekaterina Polovnikova-Atalik player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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