Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgian: ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a Soviet Georgian chess Grandmaster. She was the women's world chess champion from...

Gaprindashvili (Georgian: გაფრინდაშვილი) is a Georgian-language surname. It may refer to: Valerian Gaprindashvili (1888–1941), Georgian poet Nona Gaprindashvili...

the Queen alongside Nana Alexandria, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Nana Ioseliani. Only her compatriot Nona Gaprindashvili has played on more: 11 Chess Olympiads...

to maintain a performance level or remain active after the award. Nona Gaprindashvili, a Soviet chess player from Georgia, was the first woman to become...

the women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili is mentioned as having "never faced men", despite the real-life Gaprindashvili frequently playing against...

Championship as well, winning the first such championship aged 70 in 1991. Nona Gaprindashvili is the only Women's World Chess Champion to obtain the women's World...

and screenwriter Nona Freeman (1916–2009), evangelist, author and missionary Nona Gaprindashvili (born 1941), Georgian chess player Nona Gaye (born 1974)...

Nona Gaprindashvili (2390) 1972 Nona Gaprindashvili (2450) 1973 Nona Gaprindashvili (2420) 1974 Nona Gaprindashvili (2405) 1975 Nona Gaprindashvili (2410)...

Championship from 1950 to 1991, particularly Georgian champions Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze, who combined for ten titles in a row, five...

rating of 2565. The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy, created by FIDE in 1997 and named after former Women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili, is given to the...

2019) 1940 – Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager 1941 – Nona Gaprindashvili, Georgian chess player, Women's World Champion, 1962-1978 1942 –...

American, European, Asian or African) championship Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, a number of women have earned the GM title. Since about...

they played from its inception in 1957 through 1986. Soviet players Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze from Georgia became the first two women to...

Youngest female grandmasters Year Player Country Age 1978 Nona Gaprindashvili  Soviet Union 37 years 1984 Maia Chiburdanidze  Soviet Union 23 years 1991...

grandmaster and the fourth woman to become a grandmaster (after Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chiburdanidze and Polgar's sister Susan). With this, Polgar...

a minimum rating of 2000. No norms are required. Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, 41 women have also earned the GM title. For every above...

World Open (2000), Philadelphia, PA USA, rd 2, Jul-02 Robert Wade vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Reykjavik (1964), Reykjavik ISL, rd 9, Jan-26 Paul Anthony Garbett...

India. The trophy, named after the former women's World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili (1961–1978) and it was created by FIDE in 1997. The Trophy is awarded...

several "Goodwill Ambassadors", including famous chess players like Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chiburdanidze, Judit Polgár, Viswanathan Anand, as well as...

Mammadova 2559 Board 4: Tan Zhongyi 2565 Reserve: Guo Qi 2394 The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy, created by FIDE in 1997 and named after the former women's...

championship finalist David Bronstein and women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili played it occasionally. Danish grandmaster (GM) Bent Larsen, a four-time...

continued existence has sometimes been controversial. Beginning with Nona Gaprindashvili in 1978, a number of women have earned the open GM title: 40 as of...

World Championship challenger in 1975 and 1981. In 1975 she lost to Nona Gaprindashvili (+3 =1 −8). In 1981 she drew with Maia Chiburdanidze (+4 =8 −4),...

–2 =5), but in 1962, she lost the title against the 21-year-old Nona Gaprindashvili (+0 –7 =4). She worked as an engineer in a large Moscow printing...

became the youngest World Champion ever. 1961: Milunka Lazarevic vs Nona Gaprindashvili, Candidates Tournament, Vrnjacka Banja. On her way to a 16-year reign...

the third woman awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, after Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze. Polgar was the youngest woman to become grandmaster...

2693 Board 4: Huang Qian 2547 Reserve: Natalia Pogonina 2487 The Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy is awarded to the nation that has the highest total number...

years 2018–2023) Harry Nelson Pillsbury, 2554 (peak years 1897–1898) Nona Gaprindashvili, 2529 (peak years 1969–1975) Xie Jun, 2522 (peak years 1991–1999)...

favourite weapon of GM Alexei Barsov and former Women's Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. It is also sometimes known as the purely descriptive Three Knights...

Year Player Country 1982 Nona Gaprindashvili  Soviet Union 1983 Pia Cramling  Sweden 1984 Maya Chiburdanidze  Soviet Union 1985 Maya Chiburdanidze  Soviet...