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    Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgian: ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the...
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  • Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is a prestigious award given to the chess players of the country that achieves the best combined score of open and women's...
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    to maintain a performance level or remain active after the award. Nona Gaprindashvili, a Soviet chess player from Georgia, was the first woman to become...
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  • Gaprindashvili (Georgian: გაფრინდაშვილი) is a Georgian-language surname. It may refer to: Valerian Gaprindashvili (1888–1941), Georgian poet Nona Gaprindashvili...
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    the Queen alongside Nana Alexandria, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Nana Ioseliani. Only her compatriot Nona Gaprindashvili has played on more: 11 Chess Olympiads...
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    Championship from 1950 to 1991, particularly Georgian champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze, who combined for ten titles in a row, five...
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  • Championship as well, winning the first such championship aged 70 in 1991. Nona Gaprindashvili is the only Women's World Chess Champion to obtain the women's World...
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    rating of 2676. The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy, created by FIDE in 1997 and named after former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili, is given to the...
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  • and screenwriter Nona Freeman (1916–2009), evangelist, author and missionary Nona Gaprindashvili (born 1941), Georgian chess player Nona Gaye (born 1974)...
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  • Nona Gaprindashvili (2390) 1972 Nona Gaprindashvili (2450) 1973 Nona Gaprindashvili (2420) 1974 Nona Gaprindashvili (2405) 1975 Nona Gaprindashvili (2410)...
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    American, European, Asian or African) championship Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, a number of women have earned the GM title. Since about...
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    prize named in honour of Georgian former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. He came into conflict with security officials, and a scuffle broke...
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  • reasons. This trophy was created by FIDE in 1997 and named after Nona Gaprindashvili, the former women's World Champion (1962–1978). The trophy is awarded...
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  • rating of 2565. The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy, created by FIDE in 1997 and named after former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili, is given to the...
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  • the women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili is mentioned as having "never faced men", despite the real-life Gaprindashvili frequently playing against...
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    Youngest female grandmasters Year Player Country Age 1978 Nona Gaprindashvili  Soviet Union 37 years 1984 Maia Chiburdanidze  Soviet Union 23 years 1991...
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    India. This trophy was created by FIDE in 1997 and named after Nona Gaprindashvili, the former women's World Champion (1962–1978). The trophy is awarded...
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    grandmaster and the fourth woman to become a grandmaster (after Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chiburdanidze and Polgar's sister Susan). With this, Polgar...
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  • 2019) 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager 1941 – Nona Gaprindashvili, Georgian chess player, Women's World Champion, 1962-1978 1942 –...
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    the third woman awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, after Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze. Polgar was the youngest woman to become grandmaster...
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    they played from its inception in 1957 through 1986. Soviet players Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze from Georgia became the first two women to...
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  • prominent winners, most notably five-time Women's World Champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze. Gaprindashvilli won the tournament seven...
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  • championship finalist David Bronstein and women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili played it occasionally. Danish grandmaster (GM) Bent Larsen, a four-time...
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  • became the youngest World Champion ever. 1961: Milunka Lazarevic vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Candidates Tournament, Vrnjacka Banja. On her way to a 16-year reign...
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    a minimum rating of 2000. No norms are required. Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, 42 women have also earned the GM title. For every above...
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    –2 =5), but in 1962, she lost the title against the 21-year-old Nona Gaprindashvili (+0 –7 =4). She worked as an engineer in a large Moscow printing...
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  • Valeriane Gaprindashvili (Georgian: ვალერიანე გაფრინდაშვილი; born January 16, 1982) is a Georgian chess grandmaster (2002) and Georgian Champion in 2005...
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    World Open (2000), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Jul-02 Robert Wade vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Reykjavik (1964), Reykjavik ISL, rd 9, Jan-26 Paul Anthony Garbett...
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  • Mammadova 2559 Board 4: Tan Zhongyi 2565 Reserve: Guo Qi 2394 The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy, created by FIDE in 1997 and named after the former women's...
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    several "Goodwill Ambassadors", including famous chess players like Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chiburdanidze, Judit Polgár, Viswanathan Anand, as well as...
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