Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmasterBoris Gulko. She was born in 1957. Woman Grandmaster (WGM) is the highest-ranking chess title restricted to women aside from Womens World Champion. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-03-08, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Boris Gulko Boris Gulko (b. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Anna and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986. She won the 1987 U.S. Women's Chess Championship Refusenik (Hebrew: , transliterated: mesorav; or: ×ס×ר צ×××, transliterated: asir tzion, literally means: Prisoner of Zion) or Otkaznik (Russian: , from оÑказ, English equivalent: refusal, rejection) was an unofficial term for individuals, typically but not exclusively Soviet Jews, who were denied permission to emigrate abroad by the authorities of the former Soviet Union. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of U.S. Womens Chess Champions 2006 Anna Zatonskih 2005 Rusa Goletiani 2004 Jennifer Shahade 2003 Anna (Kahn) Hahn 2001/02 Jennifer Shahade 2000 Elina Groberman - Camilla Baginskaite 1999 Anjelina Belakovskaia 1998 Irena Krush 1997 Esther Epstein 1996 Anjelina Belakovskaia 1995 Anjelina Belakovskaia - Sharon Burtman 1994 Elena Donaldson...