Nona Gaprindashvili

1941 – Present Russia

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Who was Nona Gaprindashvili?

Women's World Chess Champion from 1962 to 1978, the first woman to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE.

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Nona Gaprindashvili (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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