Valentina Borisenko
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Valentina Michajlovna Borisenko ' onMouseout='HidePop("3277")' href="/topics/Cherepovets">Čerepovec
, January 28, 1920 – Saint Petersburg
, March 6, 1993) was a Soviet
chess
player.
She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet Championship
: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 (a record divided with Nona Gaprindashvili
).
She won the Leningrad women's chess championship seven times (1940, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, and 1956), and four times the RSFSR
women's championship.
In the Women's World Chess Championship
of 1949/50 she was second with 10.5/15 behind the winner Lyudmila Rudenko
.
In 1970 she was equal first with Waltraud Nowarra in the international tournament at Halle
.
In 1977 she was awarded by FIDE the Honorary title of Woman Grandmaster
for her results in the years 1945-1970.
Cherepovets
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, January 28, 1920 – Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
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, March 6, 1993) was a Soviet
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.
She was a five-times winner of the Women's Soviet 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...
: 1945, 1955, 1957, 1960, and 1961 (a record divided with 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....
).
She won the Leningrad women's chess championship seven times (1940, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, and 1956), and four times the RSFSR
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....
women's championship.
In the Women's World Chess 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....
of 1949/50 she was second with 10.5/15 behind the winner 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...
.
In 1970 she was equal first with Waltraud Nowarra in the international tournament at Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
.
In 1977 she was awarded by FIDE the Honorary title of Woman Grandmaster
Chess titles
A chess title is a lifetime title created by the world chess organization FIDE bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Examples of chess titles are Master and Grandmaster.- Over board chess :...
for her results in the years 1945-1970.