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Nona Gaprindashvili, Georgian chess player, Women's World Champion, 1962-1978

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Nona Gaprindashvili

Georgian chess grandmaster (born 1941)

Nona Gaprindashvili is a Soviet and 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 awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster. She was inducted into the World…
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Women's World Chess Championship

Women's chess competition

The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's control in 1948.
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May 3

Day of the year

May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 242 days remain until the end of the year.
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