Nona Gaprindashvili
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Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awar
Gaprindashvili in 1963
Gaprindashvili in 1975
Gaprindashvili in 1982
Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya was a Soviet-born American chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. She won the Women Candidates' tournament in 1986 and later in the
Donaldson at the 2003 U.S. Chess Championships
Akhmilovskaya, Gaprindashvili, and Alexandria at Chess Olympiad 1986