Ekaterina Atalik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ekaterina Atalik

Russian and Turkish chess player

Date of Birth: 14-Nov-1982

Place of Birth: Kirov, Vyatka Governorate

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Turkey, Russia

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 Atalik 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 Kusadasi, 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.