Olga Ignatieva
| Olga Ignatieva | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olga Mikhailovna Ignatieva |
| Country | USSR |
| Born | October 16, 1920 Woman Grandmaster (1978) |
Olga Mikhailovna Ignatieva (October 16, 1920, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russia – 1999 was a Soviet chess player.
Career
Olga Ignatieva participated in
Women's Soviet Championship
17 times. Her best results: 1945 – 5th–6th, 1947 – 4th, 1951 – 2nd, 1956 – 5th, 1957 – 5th – 7th places.
She was one of the leading Soviet Women players in the 1950s and shared 2nd place in the Women's Candidates tournament in 1952.[1] But in following Women's Candidates tournament in 1955 she was only 10th.[2]
Also Ignatieva won International Arbiter in 1972. For some years she was married to Soviet Grandmaster and World Title Challenger David Bronstein
.
References
- ^ "1952 Candidates Tournament : World Chess Championship (Women)". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
- ^ http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/55wo$cix.htm Archived June 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine 1955
- ^ http://www.chessds.lv/ Archived January 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Chapter "Turnīri – Latvijas čempionātu rezultāti"
- ^ "Chess Players Arbiters Trainers Database FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
External links
- Olga Ignatieva player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Olga Ignatieva chess games at 365Chess.com
- Olga Ignatieva chess games at ChessTempo.com
