Elisaveta Bykova

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovna and the family name is Bykova.
Elisaveta Bykova
Woman Grandmaster (1976)
Women's World Champion1953–1956
1958–1962
Bykova on a 2001 stamp of Yugoslavia

Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova (or Elisabeth Bykova,

Woman Grandmaster in 1976.[1] In 2013, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.[2]

Career

Bykova was born to a peasant family. When she was twelve, her family moved to Moscow, where she began to play chess with her brother. Her talent became apparent in 1927, when she won her school's chess championship.[3]

In 1938, she won the women's

Women's Soviet Chess Championship
(1946, 1947 and 1950).

After winning in 1952 the Women's

Leningrad the reigning champion Lyudmila Rudenko, with seven wins, five losses, and two draws. She lost the title to Olga Rubtsova
in 1956, but won it back two years later, becoming the first woman to do so.

In 1960, she defended successfully the title against Kira Zvorykina (+6 -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 house, and was also an author and columnist about chess in the USSR. Passionate about women's chess, Bykova also wrote three books about Vera Menchik, Soviet women chess players, and the Women's World Championship. She also promoted chess through lectures and the organization of tournaments.[4]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0709146971
  2. ^ "Elizaveta (Elizabeth) Bykova". World Chess Hall of Fame.
  3. ^ "Fifth Elizaveta Bykova Memorial Tournament in Vladimir". ChessBase. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ "World Chess Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.

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Preceded by
Women's World Chess Champion

First reign
1953–1956

Succeeded by
Preceded by
Women's World Chess Champion

Second reign
1958–1962

Succeeded by
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