Natalia Pogonina

Natalya Andrejewna Pogonina (Russian Наталья Андреевна Погонина; born March 9, 1985 in Vladivostok ) is a Russian chess player.

Life

The chess games she learned at the age of five from her grandfather. My first coach to 1998 Leonid Ganjikin. From 1998 to 2010, she was trained by international master Pavel Lobach (* 1960). Seconded it is since 2008 under the Macedonian Grandmaster Vladimir Georgiev and the IM Vladislav Axelrod. She studied law at the National Law Academy in Saratov and completed her studies in 2008.

Achievements

Individual successes

In 1998, she won the Russian Championship U16 girls. In 2000, she was in Kallithea (Chalkidiki ) Youth European Championships U16. In January 2002, she won the Hope -5 tournament in Lviv 2.5 points ahead. In April 2002, she was Russian in dagomys U18 Girls Champion. In the Russian U20 Women's Championship in March 2003 Essentuky in the North Caucasus she was tied second behind Ekaterina Korbut. In April 2003, she was tied second in the Russian U18 Girls Championship in dagomys. In September 2003, in Budva, she was European Junior Champion U18. In the World Youth Championships U18 female youth in October 2003 in Kallithea (Chalkidiki ) was divided behind Nana Dsagnidse second. In the Russian U20 Women's Championship in Samara in March 2004, they shared the first place with Ekaterina Korbut. In the women's world championship in Elista in May 2004, she lost in the first round against Marie Sebag 0.5:1.5. The Russian U20 Women's Championship, she won with a half -point lead in March 2005 in Nojabrsk. In December 2005, she won the third Elizaveta Bykova Memorial in Vladimir. In August 2007, she won the Lyudmila Rudenko Memorial in St Petersburg with 1.5 points ahead. In February 2009, she won the women's tournament of the Moscow Opens with eight points from nine games and one point ahead. The European Women's Championship in March 2009 in Budva, she was third. In 2012 she won the Russian Championship in Moscow with 6.5 points from 9 games.

Team success

National

For the Russian women's national team played in the countries fighting against the People's Republic of China in 2004 in Moscow on top board and 2008 in Ningbo on the third board. At the Chess Olympiad in Dresden in 2008 she participated in the first part Reserverbrett playing at the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk, she played on the first board. The 2011 European Championship in Porto Carras, she won with the Russian team, where she received an individual gold medal for her score of 4 points from 5 games on the first reserve board. When their team's victory at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, she received an individual gold medal for her score of 6.5 out of 8 on the reserve board. In the Team Championship of Women 2013 in Astana, she took third place with Russia, where she also received an individual bronze medal for her score of 4.5 points out of 7 games on the third board. At the European Championships 2013 in Warsaw Russia took second place, while Pogonina again an individual bronze medal for her score of 4.5 out of 7 received, this time on the second board.

Club teams

Chess club they played for the women's team at the European Club Cup Platinum Krasnoyarsk 2005. During Club Cup 2006, she played for Ekonimist SGSEU Saratov and received an individual bronze medal for her score of 4.5 out of 7 on top board. When Club Cup 2007, she played for AVS Krasnoturjinsk and received silver medals for second place in the team and for their results of 5.5 out of 7 on the fourth board. A bronze medal for their result of 3.5 out of 5, she received, also for AVS playing at Clup Cup 2012 in Eilat. She also plays in the Montenegrin Women's League.

Rating

Natalia Pogonina wearing since November 2002 the title International Champion of Women (WIM) and since July 2004 the title of Grand Master of the women ( WGM ). The standards for the WGM title they achieved in the Russian Individual Championship in 2002, the International Festival 2003 in Serpukhov and the Aeroflot Open 2004 in Moscow. Your current and previous highest Elo rating is 2501 (as of September 2009). This puts it in third place of the Russian woman and ranking in 14th place of the women's world rankings.