Ljuba Kristol

Ljuba Kristol
Woman International Master
ICCF World Champion	1978–1984 (women) 1993–1998 (women)
FIDE rating	2233 (October 2000)
Peak rating	2250 (January 1987)
ICCF rating	2338 (October 2008)
ICCF peak rating	2488 (October 2001)

Ljuba Danielovna Kristol (

of Woman International Master (WIM).

She is best known for winning the ICCF Women's World Championship in correspondence chess on two occasions: between 1978 and 1984, and between 1993 and 1998.

She grew up in Leningrad (now

), and since 1976 has lived in Israel. Kristol is the four-time OTB women's chess champion of Israel.

She took part in four Chess Olympiads as a member of the Israeli team. In the Olympiad in 1976 (which took place in Haifa), Kristol won the gold medal with the Israeli team.

In 1989 Kristol participated in a zonal tournament in Haifa, and shared 1st–2nd place.

Tournaments

Major tournaments that Kristol participated in

Start date	Name of tournament	Site	Board in a group tournament	Place in a personal tournament	Number of games	Category	Result needed for a GM norm	Actual result
1 May 1997	Champion of champions of Israel	[1]	-	1	10	-	-	8
16 October 2003	Semi final of WC number 27	[2]	-	6	12	7	9.5	6
16 October 2004	VI European final	[3]	12	-	13	5	-	5
20 December 2004	NPSF 60 Years GM Jubilee Tournament	[4]	-	5	14	11	9	7.5
10 July 2005	Preliminary of the 17th Olympiad	[5]	5	-	10	4	-	4
15 April 2006	60 Years Anniversary BdF	[6]	-	-	16	-	-	4.5 not ended

References

External links

• Luba Danielovna Kristol player details at ICCF
• Luba Danielovna Kristol player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Luba Kristol rating card at FIDE
• Luba Kristol Women's Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org

Preceded by Lora Jakovleva	Ladies World Correspondence Chess Champion 1978–1984	Succeeded by Liudmila Belavenets
Preceded by Liudmila Belavenets	Ladies World Correspondence Chess Champion 1993–1998	Succeeded by Alessandra Riegler