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Anna Zatonskih (born June 17 1978) is a chess player from the United States, where she has the third highest Elo rating on the FIDE list among women (2435). She is a Woman Grandmaster.

Zatonskih is originally from Mariupol, Ukraine, and twice won the Ukraninian Women's Chess Championship. She moved to the U.S. in June 2002 with her husband Volodymyr Melnykov, and they live in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Zatonskih scored one of the most sensational upsets in the 159-year history of the U.S. Chess Championship when she defeated defending champion Alexander Shabalov in the first round of the 2005 Championship held in La Jolla California, November 23 through December 5 2004. She has represented the U.S. on its women's Chess Olympiad team.

Zatonskih won the San Jinan Cup World Ladies Tournament, held in Jinan, China, 14 April through 19 April 2005, with a score of +8 =2 -1.

She won the 2006 U.S. Women's Chess Championship on March 12th by tieing for first amongst the female candidates with 2005 champion, Rusudan Goletiani, and then beating her +1 =1 in a two game playoff.

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