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Ekaterina Atalik

1982 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ekaterina Atalik is the 413th most popular chess player (down from 366th in 2024), the 3,520th most popular biography from Russia (down from 3,303rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Ekaterina Atalik ranks 413 out of 461. Before her are Tigran L. Petrosian, Farid Abbasov, Dana Reizniece-Ozola, Aynur Sofiyeva, Tiger Hillarp Persson, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. After her are Rauf Mamedov, Nelly Aginian, Csaba Balogh, Baadur Jobava, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, and Valentina Gunina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Ekaterina Atalik ranks 1,110. Before her are Maxim Shabalin, Mahamoudou Kéré, Domingo Cisma, Shohei Yamamoto, Cho Sung-hwan, and Juninho. After her are Mason Ryan, Alan Pérez, Marina Aitova, Habib Bamogo, Kim Jaggy, and Cassidy Freeman.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ekaterina Atalik ranks 3,520 out of 3,761. Before her are Yelena Antonova (1974), Inna Deriglazova (1990), Ivan Rovny (1987), Alexander Mikhaylin (1979), Dmitri Tarasov (1987), and Kantemir Balagov (1991). After her are Denys Hotfrid (1975), Anastasiia Gubanova (2002), Andrey Kuznetsov (1991), Aleksandr Kostoglod (1974), Aleksei Tishchenko (1984), and Sergey Fedorovtsev (1980).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Ekaterina Atalik ranks 70. Before her are Yelena Dembo (1983), Anish Giri (1994), Vadim Zvjaginsev (1976), Dmitry Andreikin (1990), Nikita Vitiugov (1987), and Konstantin Sakaev (1974). After her are Valentina Gunina (1989), Alina Kashlinskaya (1993), Tatiana Kosintseva (1986), Vladimir Potkin (1982), Nadezhda Kosintseva (1985), and Igor Kurnosov (1985).

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