Nona Gaprindashvili

Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgian ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი, Russian Нона Терентьевна Гаприндашвили transcribed Nona Terentjewna Gaprindashvili; May 3, 1941 in Zugdidi, Samegrelo, then Georgian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a Georgian chess player. Until the independence of Georgia 1991, she competed for the USSR. She is the first woman who earned the Grandmaster title.

Curriculum vitae

When she was five years old, she learned from her older brothers chess. At 15, she became a champion of Tbilisi and Georgia. 19 -year-old, she won the tournament in 1961 Vrnjacka Bane; In the same year she received the title of International Master female (WIM).

She was 1962-1978 World Chess Champion. The first title they won with a race win ( 7, -0 = 4) against Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova. Due to this success they received in 1962 by FIDE the title of International Master. She defended her title at the discharged multi-annual Women's World Cup in four contests, three times against Alla Kushnir ( 1965 7, -3, = 3, in 1969, with 6 -2 = 5 and 1972 5 -4 = 7), and finally in 1975 against Nana Alexandria with 8 -3 = 1 In 1978 they lost the title with 2 -4 = 9, finally, against Maia Tschiburdanidse.

As the first woman she won in 1978 the Grandmaster title of the men after her FIDE had bestowed the title of Grand Master of the women in 1976.

The highest ELO rating reached 1990 2460th

Gaprindashvili studied English at the State University of Tbilisi. In 1975, she was deputy in the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR. You and Alexandria were so popular that according to them even perfume varieties with "Nana" and " Nona " were named who were expelled in flacons of the form of chess pieces in Georgia. After the first names of the two players and shortcuts of world champion Tigran Petrosian is also called the Tbilisi Chess Club NTN Tbilisi.

For their chess achievements, she received the Order of Lenin in 1966. From 1989 to 1996 Nona Gaprindashvili was President of the National Olympic Committee of Georgia, was founded in 1996 and Honorary President of the NOKG 2002 Member of the City Council of Tbilisi.

Chess tournaments

Nona Gaprindashvili won tournaments in Hastings (1963, 1964) and the Open Championship of the USA ( 1977), as well as tournaments in Reggio Emilia (1983) and Wijk aan Zee (1987).
In 1974, she won the third place at the Dortmund Chess days
She won the Women's Championship 5 times of the Soviet Union (1964, 1973, 1981, 1983 and 1985).
She won the Women's Championship four times Georgia: 1956, 1959, 1960 and 1961.
From 1963 to 1992 she played 12 times at the Chess Olympiads, 11 times for the crew of the Soviet Union and finally to Georgia. She won 11 times with their teams the gold medal (for example, in Valletta in 1980, Lucerne 1982, Thessaloniki 1984, Dubai 1986, Manila 1992). Nine times she won gold in the individual competition.
From 1979 to 1988 she successfully took part in the qualifiers for the World Cup.
In 1982, she won the interzonal tournament in Bad Kissingen.
In 1995, she was Senior World Women's Champion in Bad Love cell.
In 2005 she won a Masters Tournament in Haarlem.
In 2009 she was in Condino (Italy ) for the second time Senior World Champion.
In 2011 she won the Senior European Championships women.

Your Elo rating is 2312 (as of May 2013).

Game example

One of her most famous roles played Gaprindashvili 1974 at the Dortmund Chess days against Rudolf Servaty. It comes already from the Immortals game known motif of a double tower victim to the application.

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