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
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