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WGM Bykova Elisaveta I

Bykova Elisaveta I
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Full name
Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova
Life
Nov 4, 1913 - Mar 8, 1989 (age 75)‎
Place of birth
Bogolyubovo, Russia, USSR
Federation
FIDE

Bio

Elisaveta Bykova was a Soviet woman grandmaster, chess author, and two-time Women's World Champion. In 1938, Bykova won the Women's Moscow Championship. Later, she won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1946, 1947, and 1950.

Bykova's highest achievement came in 1953 when she defeated GM Lyudmila Rudenko to become the Women's World Champion. She lost her title three years later to WGM Olga Rubtsova but regained it in 1958.

Best Game


Most Played Openings

White Pieces
Closed Sicilian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (4 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne Defense (2 games)
Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation (1 games)
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (1 games)
Black Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (5 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (2 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Zagreb Variation (2 games)
French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (2 games)
Ruy López Opening: Alapin Defense (1 games)

Games

Players Result Moves Year
Medianikova Nina (2147)
Bykova Elisaveta I
1-0 47 1969
Bishard Ekaterina
Bykova Elisaveta I
0-1 47 1965
Bykova Elisaveta I
Klaman Konstantin
1-0 42 1963
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
½-½ 62 1962
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
½-½ 90 1962
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
½-½ 52 1962
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
0-1 45 1962
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
0-1 59 1962
Bykova Elisaveta I
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
0-1 37 1962
Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)
Bykova Elisaveta I
½-½ 66 1962
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