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Nona Gaprindashvili

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Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgian: ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) is a Soviet and Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster. She was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Presidential Order of Excellence in 2015. Gaprindashvili began playing chess when she was five years old; in 1954, she moved to Tbilisi to train under Grandmasters. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nona Gaprindashvili is the 20th most popular chess player (down from 16th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 20 out of 461. Before her are François-André Danican Philidor, Howard Staunton, Frank Marshall, Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, and Paul Keres. After her are Viktor Korchnoi, Ruy López de Segura, Samuel Reshevsky, Siegbert Tarrasch, Judit Polgár, and Vera Menchik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 63. Before her are Frank Farian, Ryan O'Neal, Art Garfunkel, Angelo Scola, Milan Kučan, and Paul Anka. After her are Ritchie Valens, Jordi Savall, Michael Howard, Jürgen Prochnow, Karl Barry Sharpless, and Ivica Osim.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 20 out of 406. Before her are Sayat-Nova (1712), Kato Svanidze (1885), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), and David IV of Georgia (1073). After her are Sergei Witte (1849), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Keke Geladze (1858), Giya Kancheli (1935), Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326), and Bidzina Ivanishvili (1956).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 2. Before her are Tigran Petrosian (1929). After her are Nana Alexandria (1949), Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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