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Nona Gaprindashvili
Chess player

Nona Gaprindashvili

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Becoming the first woman awarded the unrestricted grandmaster title.

Four title defences · Lone Pine

Born
3 May 1941
Birthplace
Zugdidi, Georgia

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Nona Gaprindashvili

Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player who held the women’s world championship from 1962 to 1978.

Early life

Chess at home

Learned chess as a child in a family of five brothers.

Training in Tbilisi

Moved to the city in 1954 to develop her play.

Career

  1. 1962

    World champion

    Defeated Elisaveta Bykova for the women’s title.

  2. 1978

    Grandmaster

    Became the first woman to receive FIDE’s open grandmaster title.

  3. 1995

    Senior champion

    Began another successful chapter in world senior competition.

Selected work

Four title defences

Retained her world crown against successive challengers.

Lone Pine

Shared first place in a strong open tournament.

Chess Olympiads

Won team gold medals representing the Soviet Union and Georgia.

Beyond work

Olympic administration

Served as president of Georgia’s National Olympic Committee.

Screen portrayal dispute

Settled a lawsuit against Netflix over a false claim that she had never faced men.

Sources & photo creditWikipedia biography and references ↗Further biography and career ↗

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