Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili wins world championship in Bucharest
Born in the western Georgian city of Zugdidi in 1941, Gaprindashvili became the world's first five-time chess champion in 1975. Photo: chessbase.com
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Georgian five-time world chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili has won the World Senior Chess Championship in the above 65 year age category in Bucharest, Romania.
Born in the western Georgian city of Zugdidi in 1941, Gaprindashvili has won world championships in 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972 and 1975. She has also won 11 chess Olympiad tournaments between 1963-1992.
FIDE World Senior Championships finished in Bucharest. Congratulations to the winners!????
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) November 23, 2019
Open 65+: GM Rafael Vaganian ???????? - 8,5/11
Women 65+: GM Nona Gaprindashvili ???????? - 8,5
Open 50+: GM Vadim Shishkin ???????? - 9
Women 50+: WGM Elvira Berend ???????? - 8,5
???? by M. Livshitz #SeniorChess pic.twitter.com/eSQBBSyWxg
Gaprindashvili was officially recognised as the greatest Georgian female sportsperson of the 20th Century in 1999 and has served as honorary president of Georgia's National Olympic Committee since 1996.
Her achievements have been recognised in Georgia with public honours, including naming Tbilisi's Chess Palace after her in 2001 and granting the former player the Order of Excellence of Georgia in 2015.