Olga Rubtsova
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Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet
chess
player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.
She won the Soviet Women's Championship
four times (1927, 1931, 1937 and 1948), and was second in the 1950 World Championship
, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko
. She won the title in 1956, finishing ahead of Rudenko and Elisabeth Bykova
in a match tournament, before losing it to Bykova in a match in 1958.
Rubtsova also played correspondence chess
, and became first Women's World Correspondence Chess
Champion in 1972 (she also finished second in the next championship, only losing the title to Lora Jakovleva
on tie-break, and fifth in the one after that). As of 2006, she remains the only player, male or female, to become World Champion in both over-the-board and correspondence chess.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.
She won the Soviet Women's Championship
Women's Soviet Chess Championship
The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union from 1927 through 1989 to determine the women's chess national champion.-List of winners:Winners of more titles* 5 titles : Valentina Borisenko, Nona Gaprindashvili...
four times (1927, 1931, 1937 and 1948), and was second in the 1950 World Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko
Lyudmila Rudenko
Lyudmila Vladimirovna Rudenko was a Soviet chess player and the second Women's World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953.She was awarded the FIDE International Master and Woman International Master titles in 1950, and the Woman Grandmaster title in 1976...
. She won the title in 1956, finishing ahead of Rudenko and Elisabeth Bykova
Elisabeth Bykova
Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova was a Soviet chess player and the third and fifth Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962.In 1938 she won the women's Moscow championship and after the second world war she was a...
in a match tournament, before losing it to Bykova in a match in 1958.
Rubtsova also played correspondence chess
Correspondence chess
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through email or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon...
, and became first Women's World Correspondence Chess
Correspondence chess
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, usually through a correspondence chess server, through email or by the postal system; less common methods which have been employed include fax and homing pigeon...
Champion in 1972 (she also finished second in the next championship, only losing the title to Lora Jakovleva
Lora Jakovleva
Lora Grigoryevna Yakovleva is a Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the second ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess between 1972 and 1977.-External links:**...
on tie-break, and fifth in the one after that). As of 2006, she remains the only player, male or female, to become World Champion in both over-the-board and correspondence chess.