Elena Zaiatz

{{Short description|Russian chess player (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox chess player

| name = Elena Zaiatz

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| full_name = Elena Evgenievna Zaiatz

| country = {{USSR}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|06|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Baranovichi

| title = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap

| International Master (2005)

| Woman Grandmaster (1988)

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| rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4139518/chart 2336] (June 2019)

| peakrating = 2449 (July 2012)

| FideID = 4139518

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Elena Evgenievna Zaiatz ({{langx|ru|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).{{Cite web|url=https://chesstempo.com/gamedb/player/232952|title=Elena Zaiatz - Chess Games|website=chesstempo.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-08}} She has represented both Belarus and Russia at the international chess competitions. Elena Zaiatz represented Belarus in chess championships from 1986 to 2006{{Cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/players/Elena_Zayac|title=Elena Zayac chess games|website=365Chess.com|access-date=2017-11-08}} before heading to Russia. She went on to represent Russia at chess championships from 2007 to date.{{Cite web|url=https://www.365chess.com/players/Elena_Zaiatz|title=Elena Zaiatz chess games|website=365Chess.com|access-date=2017-11-08}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ficsgames.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?player=IMZaiatz;action=Statistics|title=FICS Games Database - Statistics for IMZaiatz(IM)|website=ficsgames.org|access-date=2017-11-08}} Elena was a Belarusian National Chess Champion in 1988 and also won a bronze medal in the World U20 Chess Championship held in 1988.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thechesspedia.com/zayac-elena-zaiatz/|title=Zayac, Elena (Zaiatz)|work=The Chesspedia|access-date=2017-11-08|language=en-US}}