Ekaterina Atalik

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Ekaterina Atalik
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Country Russia
Turkey
Born (1982-11-14) 14 November 1982 (age 41)
Kirov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title International Master
Woman Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2408 (April 2024)
Peak rating 2481 (September 2011)

Ekaterina Atalik (née Polovnikova; born 14 November 1982 in Kirov)[1] is a Russian-Turkish chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

She won the European Youth Chess Championship in the under-16 girls' section in 1997.

In November 2005 she married 41-year-old Grandmaster Suat Atalık from Turkey, and obtained Turkish citizenship.[2] 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.[3]

In April 2006 she won the 7th European Women's Chess Championship in Kuşadası, Turkey.[4] Atalik won the Turkish women's championship in 2008.

Notable games

References

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