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Lyudmila Rudenko
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Soviet chess player (1904-1986)
Key facts
- Born
- Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko , ( 1904-07-27 ) 27 July 1904, Lubny , Poltava Governorate , Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine )
- Died
- 4 March 1986 (1986-03-04) (aged 81), Leningrad , Soviet Union
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Title
- International Master (1950), Woman Grandmaster (1976)
- Women s world champion
- 1950–1953
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lyudmila
- Family name
- Rudenko
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Lubny
- Place of death
- Saint Petersburg
- Occupation
- chess player
- Languages spoken
- Ukrainian
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Image
- Lyudmila Rudenko.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1904-07-27
- date of death
- 1986-03-04
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Encyclopedic overview
Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko (Russian: Людми́ла Влади́мировна Руде́нко, Ukrainian: Людмила Володимирівна Руденко; 27 July 1904 – 4 March 1986) was a Soviet chess player and the second women's world chess champion, from 1950 until 1953.
Rudenko was awarded the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman International Master (WIM) in 1950, and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1976. She was the first woman awarded the International Master title. She was also USSR women's champion in 1952.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyudmila Rudenko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.