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August 2, 2013
Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (born 1941)
Alla Kushnir
Alla Shulimovna Kushnir was a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. She was awarded the FIDE titles of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1962 and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976. In 2017, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.