Lyudmila Rudenko
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Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.
Lyudmila Rudenko c. 1928
Elisaveta Bykova
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Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962. She was awarded the titles of Woman International Master
Lyudmila Rudenko
…tournament, a full point ahead of the field (scoring nine wins, one loss, and five draws). She held the Women's World Championship title until losing it to Elisaveta Bykova in 1953 in the next championship cycle. Her score was 6–8 (five wins, seven losses, and two draws). Rudenko's post-war chess trainers were Alexander…
Bykowa,Jelisaweta
Bykova on a 2001 stamp of Yugoslavia