Nona Gaprindashvili

Nona Gaprindashvili (born May 3, 1941) is a Georgian chess player, and the sixth women's world chess champion (1962-1978). Born in Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, she was the strongest female player of her generation. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. ... The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (right) and Garry Kasparov (left). ... Zugdidi is a city in the Western Georgian historical province of Mingrelia (Samegrelo). ... State motto: პროლეტარ ყველა ქვეყნისა, შეერთდით! Official language Georgian since 1978 (Georgia was the only Soviet republic to have an official language) Capital Tbilisi Chairman of the Supreme Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia (at independence) Established In the USSR:  - Since  - Until February 25, 1921 December 30, 1922 April 9, 1991 Area  - Total...

In 1961, aged 20, Gaprindashvili won the fourth women's Candidates Tournament, setting up a title match against Russian world champion Elisabeth Bikova. She won the match easily, with a final score of 9-2 (+7-0=4), and went on to defend her title successfully four times: three times against Alla Kushnir (1965: 10-6; 1969: 12-7; 1972: 12-11) and once against fellow Georgian Nana Alexandria (1975: 9-4). She finally lost her crown in 1978 to another Georgian, 17-year-old Maia Chiburdanidze, by a score of 11-13 (+2-4=9). Elisabeth Bikova was a Soviet chess player and the third and fifthWomens World Chess Champion from 1953 until 1956 and again from 1958 to 1962. ... Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze (born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. ...

During her career Gaprindashvili successfully competed in men's tournaments, winning (amongst others) the Hastings Challengers tournament in 1963/4 and tying for first place at Lone Pine in 1977. In 1978 she became the first woman to be made an International Grandmaster — having been a Women's Grandmaster since 1962. She was awarded the Grandmaster title on the basis of having won the Women's World Championship, under a rule similar to the one that granted the Grandmaster title to the winner of the World Junior Championship event. (Later Zsuzsa Polgar of Hungary would become the first woman to earn the title through the norm system.) 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. ... Zsuzsa Polgár (born April 19, 1969 in Budapest, Hungary), is among the strongest female chess players in history. ...

In 1975 she had a perfume named after her. Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a lasting and pleasant smell. ...

Elisabeth Bikova was a Soviet chess player and the third and fifthWomens World Chess Champion from 1953 until 1956 and again from 1958 to 1962. ... The 1984 World Chess Championship was between Anatoly Karpov (left) and Garry Kasparov (right). ... Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze (born January 17, 1961) is a Georgian chess player. ...