Elena Zaiatz

Elena Zaiatz
Full name	Elena Evgenievna Zaiatz
Country	Soviet Union  Belarus  Russia
Born	(1969-06-16) 16 June 1969 (age 55) Baranovichi
Title	International Master (2005) Woman Grandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating	2336 (June 2019)
Peak rating	2449 (July 2012)

Elena Evgenievna Zaiatz (Russian: Елена Евгеньевна Заяц, also transliterated Zayats; born 16 June 1969) is a Russian female chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (2005) and Woman Grandmaster (1988).^[1] She has represented both Belarus and Russia at the international chess competitions. Elena Zaiatz represented Belarus in chess championships from 1986 to 2006^[2] before heading to Russia. She went on to represent Russia at chess championships from 2007 to date.^[3] She graduated at the Belarusian State University.

Elena has represented Belarus at Chess Olympiads from 1994 to 1996. She went onto represent Russia at the 2006 Chess World Championship.^[4] Elena was a Belarusian National Chess Champion in 1988 and also won a bronze medal in the World U20 Chess Championship held in 1988.^[5]

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• Elena Zaiatz rating card at FIDE
• Profile at Chessdb.com Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Elena Zaiatz player profile and games at Chessgames.com