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The Women's Soviet Chess Championship was played in the Soviet Union

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....

from 1927 through 1989 to determine the women's chess

Chess

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national champion.

List of winners

#	Year	Place	Winner
1	1927	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Olga Rubtsova Olga Rubtsova Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
2	1931	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Olga Rubtsova Olga Rubtsova Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
3	1934	Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya was a Soviet chess player.She was born in Saint Petersburg, a niece of the Russian geographer Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. She learned to play chess at the age of 18; four years later she won the Leningrad city women's chess championship...
4	1936	Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya was a Soviet chess player.She was born in Saint Petersburg, a niece of the Russian geographer Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. She learned to play chess at the age of 18; four years later she won the Leningrad city women's chess championship...
5	1937	Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don -History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...	Olga Rubtsova Olga Rubtsova Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
6	1945	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Valentina Borisenko Valentina Borisenko Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....
7	1946	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Elisaveta Bykova
8	1947	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Elisaveta Bykova
9	1948	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	Olga Rubtsova Olga Rubtsova Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...
10	1950	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...	Elisaveta Bykova
11	1951	Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	Kira Zvorykina Kira Zvorykina Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina is a former Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She is a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship.-Formative years:...
12	1952	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	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...
13	1953	Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don -History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...	Kira Zvorykina Kira Zvorykina Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina is a former Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She is a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship.-Formative years:...
14	1954	Krasnodar Krasnodar Krasnodar is a city in Southern Russia, located on the Kuban River about northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. It is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai . Population: -Name:...	Larisa Volpert Larisa Volpert Larisa Ilinichna Volpert is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion ....
15	1955	Sukhumi Sukhumi Sukhumi is the capital of Abkhazia, a disputed region on the Black Sea coast. The city suffered heavily during the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict in the early 1990s.-Naming:...	Valentina Borisenko Valentina Borisenko Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....
16	1956	Dnepropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...	Kira Zvorykina Kira Zvorykina Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina is a former Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She is a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship.-Formative years:...
17	1957	Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...	Valentina Borisenko Valentina Borisenko Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....
18	1958	Kharkov	Larisa Volpert Larisa Volpert Larisa Ilinichna Volpert is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion ....
19	1959	Lipetsk	Larisa Volpert Larisa Volpert Larisa Ilinichna Volpert is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion ....
20	1960	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...	Valentina Borisenko Valentina Borisenko Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....
21	1961	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Valentina Borisenko Valentina Borisenko Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....
22	1962	Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...	Tatiana Zatulovskaya Tatiana Zatulovskaya Tatiana Yakovlevna Zatulovskaya is a Soviet, Russian, and Israeli chess player, Woman Grandmaster, and the 1993 Senior Women's World Chess Champion...
23	1963	Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	Maaja Ranniku Maaja Ranniku Maaja Ranniku was an Estonian chess player .She was twice the winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1963 and 1967.She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1964.Maaja Ranniku participated to many Estonian...
24	1964	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
25	1965	Beltsy	Valentina Kozlovskaya Valentina Kozlovskaya Valentina Kozlovskaya is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster , and the 1996 Senior Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1965. She came 2nd in the 1967 Women's Candidates Tournament. In the same year she placed 2nd to Nona Gaprindashvili in a women's...
26	1966	Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....
27	1967	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...	Maaja Ranniku Maaja Ranniku Maaja Ranniku was an Estonian chess player .She was twice the winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1963 and 1967.She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1964.Maaja Ranniku participated to many Estonian...
28	1968	Ashkhabad Asgabat Ashgabat or formerly Poltoratsk between 1919–1927) is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan, a country in Central Asia. It has a population of 695,300 , 2009 estimates around 1 million people in Ashgabat, and is situated between the Kara Kum desert and the Kopet Dag mountain range...	Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....
29	1969	Gori Gori, Georgia Gori is a city in eastern Georgia, which serves as the regional capital of Shida Kartli and the centre of the homonymous administrative district. The name is from Georgian gora , that is, "heap", or "hill"...	Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....
30	1970	Beltsy	Alla Kushnir Alla Kushnir Alla Shulimovna Kushnir is a Russian–born Israeli chess Woman Grandmaster.Kushnir was thrice Women's World Chess Championship Challenger. She lost matches for the title to Nona Gaprindashvili:* +3 –7 =3 at Riga 1965;* +2 –6 =5 at Tbilisi–Moscow 1969;...
31	1971	Sochi Sochi Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...	Irina Levitina Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca...
32	1972	Tolyatti Tolyatti Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...	Marta Litinskaya
33	1973	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
34	1974	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Elena Fatalibekova
35	1975	Frunze	Liudmila Belavenets Liudmila Belavenets Liudmila Belavenets is a Russian woman International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, the fourth ICCF Women's World Champion in correspondence chess . Moreover she is a Woman International Master in the over the board chess...
36	1976	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Anna Akhsharumova Anna Akhsharumova Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko.Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.She won the Women's...
37	1977	Lvov	Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze Maia Chiburdanidze is a Georgian chess grandmaster, and the seventh Women's World Chess Champion. She is the only chess player in history who has won nine Chess Olympiads....
38	1978	Nikolaevsk Nikolaevsk Nikolaevsk could be:* Nikolaevsk, Alaska* Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, a town in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia* Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure Air Enterprise* Nikolayevsk, a town in Volgograd Oblast, Russia...	Lidia Semenova Lidia Semenova Lidia K Semenova is a Ukrainian chess Woman Grandmaster.In 1978, she won Women's Soviet Chess Championship. In 1981, she tied for 1st-4th in Leningrad . In 1982, she took 2nd in Bad Kissingen...
39	1979	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Irina Levitina Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca...
40	1980	Alma-Ata Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	Irina Levitina Irina Levitina Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca...
41	1981	Ivano-Frankovsk	Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation.... Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani is a Georgian woman chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980, and the International Master title since 1993....
42	1982	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...	Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani is a Georgian woman chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980, and the International Master title since 1993....
43	1983	Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...	Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
44	1984	Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	Svetlana Matveeva Svetlana Matveeva Svetlana Matveeva is a chess player from Russia. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship... Anna Akhsharumova Anna Akhsharumova Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko.Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.She won the Women's...
45	1985	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
46	1986	Frunze	Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani is a Georgian woman chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980, and the International Master title since 1993....
47	1987	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Nana Ioseliani Nana Ioseliani Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani is a Georgian woman chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980, and the International Master title since 1993....
48	1988	Alma-Ata Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	Julia Demina
49	1989	Volzhsky Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast Volzhsky is an industrial city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Volga River and its distributary the Akhtuba, northeast of Volgograd. Population:...	Irina Chelushkina
50	1990	Podolsk Podolsk Podolsk is an industrial city and the administrative center of Podolsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Pakhra River...	Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan Revazovna Arakhamia-Grant is a Georgian -born Scottish Grandmaster of chess.-Chess career:...
51	1991	Lvov	Svetlana Matveeva Svetlana Matveeva Svetlana Matveeva is a chess player from Russia. She is a Woman Grandmaster and an International master.In 1984, she tied for first with Anna Akhsharumova in the Women's Soviet Chess Championship...

Winners of more titles

5 titles : Valentina Borisenko
Valentina Borisenko
Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko was a Soviet chess player.She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 ....

, Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili
Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess player, the sixth women's world chess champion , and first female Grandmaster. Born in Zugdidi, Georgia , she was the strongest female player of her generation....
4 titles : Olga Rubtsova
Olga Rubtsova
Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.She won the Soviet Women's Championship four times , and was second in the 1950 World Championship, a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko...

, Nana Ioseliani
Nana Ioseliani
Nana Mikhailovna Ioseliani is a Georgian woman chess player. She has held the FIDE Woman Grandmaster title since 1980, and the International Master title since 1993....
3 titles : Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria
Nana Alexandria is a Georgian chess Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter . She was the challenger in two matches for the Women's World Chess Championship....

, Elisaveta Bykova, Irina Levitina
Irina Levitina
Irina Solomonovna Levitina is a Russian-American chess and bridge player. In chess, she has been a World Championship Candidate and gained the title Woman Grandmaster. In contract bridge she has been five times the World Champion.-Chess career:In 1973, she tied for 2nd-5th in Menorca...

, Larisa Volpert
Larisa Volpert
Larisa Ilinichna Volpert is a Russian chess Woman Grandmaster. She was three times Soviet women's chess champion ....

, Kira Zvorykina
Kira Zvorykina
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina is a former Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She is a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship.-Formative years:...
2 titles : Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova
Anna Akhsharumova is a Woman Grandmaster of chess. She is the wife of chess grandmaster Boris Gulko.Akhsharumova and her husband became famous in the late-1970s as Soviet Refuseniks. They were finally allowed to leave the Soviet Union and immigrate to the United States in 1986.She won the Women's...

, Maaja Ranniku
Maaja Ranniku
Maaja Ranniku was an Estonian chess player .She was twice the winner of the Women's Soviet Championship: in 1963 and 1967.She was awarded the title of Woman International Master in 1964.Maaja Ranniku participated to many Estonian...

, Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya was a Soviet chess player.She was born in Saint Petersburg, a niece of the Russian geographer Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. She learned to play chess at the age of 18; four years later she won the Leningrad city women's chess championship...

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