Zvorykina in 1957, at the 1st Women's Chess Olympiad
Country
Soviet Union
Born
(1919-09-29)September 29, 1919 Mykolaiv, Soviet Union
Died
September 6, 2014(2014-09-06) (aged 94) Moscow, Russia
Title
Woman Grandmaster (1978)
Peak rating
2295 (January 1990)
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina (Russian: Ки́ра Алексе́евна Зворы́кина, Belarusian: Кіра Аляксееўна Зварыкіна; September 29, 1919 – September 6, 2014) was a Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She was a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship. In 2018, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.[1]
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina (Russian: Ки́ра Алексе́евна Зворы́кина, Belarusian: Кіра Аляксееўна Зварыкіна; September 29, 1919 – September 6, 2014) was a...
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1959). She tied for 12–13th in Candidates Tournament at Plovdiv 1959 (KiraZvorykina won), and tied for 15–16th in Candidates Tournament at Vrnjacka Banja...
woman to do so. In 1960, she defended successfully the title against KiraZvorykina (+6 –2 =5), but in 1962, she lost the title against the 21-year-old...
and novelist, winner of the Naoki Prize (1985), respiratory failure. KiraZvorykina, 94, Soviet-born Belarusian chess player, triple national champion (1960...
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