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Elisabeth Bykova
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Soviet chess player (1913-1989)
Key facts
- Born
- Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova , 4 November 1913, Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Oblast , Russian Empire
- Died
- 8 March 1989 (1989-03-08) (aged 75), Moscow , Soviet Union
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Title
- International Master (1953), Woman Grandmaster (1976)
- Women s world champion
- 1953–1956, 1958–1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yelizaveta
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Bogolyubovo
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- non-fiction writer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Image
- Bykowa,Jelisaweta.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1913-11-04
- date of death
- 1989-03-08
- Commons category
- Elisaveta Bykova
- place of burial
- Khovanskoye Cemetery
- birth name
- Елизаве́та Ива́новна Бы́кова
- name in native language
- Елизаве́та Бы́кова
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Encyclopedic overview
Bykova on a 2001 stamp of Yugoslavia Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova (or Elisabeth Bykova, Russian: Елизаве́та Ива́новна Бы́кова; 4 November 1913 – 8 March 1989) was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962. She was awarded the titles of Woman International Master in 1950, International Master in 1953, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. In 2013, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
Career
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