CHESS PLAYER

Elisaveta Bykova

1913 - 1989

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Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova (or Elisabeth Bykova, Russian: Елизаве́та Ива́новна Бы́кова; 4 November 1913 – 8 March 1989) was a Soviet chess player and twice Women's World Chess Champion, from 1953 until 1956, and again from 1958 to 1962. She was awarded the titles of Woman International Master in 1950, International Master in 1953, and Woman Grandmaster in 1976. In 2013, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisaveta Bykova is the 79th most popular chess player (down from 62nd in 2019), the 958th most popular biography from Russia (up from 973rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Elisaveta Bykova ranks 79 out of 461. Before her are Nana Alexandria, Rudolf Spielmann, Lev Polugaevsky, Szymon Winawer, Alexander Kotov, and Semyon Alapin. After her are Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Pal Benko, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Vladimir Kramnik, and Viswanathan Anand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Elisaveta Bykova ranks 152. Before her are Nicolas Grunitzky, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Renato Castellani, Earle Meadows, Alexander Kotov, and Gig Young. After her are Hajo Herrmann, Charles Berlitz, Stefan Heym, Fritz-Julius Lemp, Mouloud Feraoun, and Carl-Henning Pedersen. Among people deceased in 1989, Elisaveta Bykova ranks 116. Before her are Edward Ochab, Paul Shenar, Mel Blanc, Betti Alver, Michał Rola-Żymierski, and Robert B. Anderson. After her are Richie Ginther, Gerhard Schröder, Imre Németh, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, Riccardo Morandi, and Wally Ris.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Elisaveta Bykova ranks 958 out of 3,761. Before her are Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), Kurt Hensel (1861), Platon Zubov (1767), Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878), Victor Skumin (1948), and Boris Asafyev (1884). After her are Yury Yakovlev (1928), Nikolay Krylov (1903), Vladimir Sorokin (1955), Karl Maximovich (1827), Oleg Yefremov (1927), and Anatoly Dobrynin (1919).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Elisaveta Bykova ranks 15. Before her are Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Alexander Kotov (1913), and Semyon Alapin (1856). After her are Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Alexander Petrov (1799), Igor Bondarevsky (1913), Viacheslav Ragozin (1908), and Peter Romanovsky (1892).

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