Anna zatonskih biography

Ukrainian and American chess player (born 1978)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vitaliivna and the family name is Zatonskih.

Anna Zatonskih (born Hanna Vitaliivna Zatonskih^[a], July 17, 1978)^[3] is a Ukrainian American chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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She is a four-time U.S. women's champion, as well as a former Ukrainian women's champion.

Career

Born July 17, 1978, 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.

Anna Zatonskih - Vikipediya

In 1999 she was awarded the WGM title by FIDE. She won the Ukrainian Women's Championship in 2001. She represented Ukraine in two W Anna Zatonskih - Wikipedia LUSO