Georgia’s chess legend Gaprindashvili receives signed T-shirt from acclaimed footballer Messi on 80th anniversary
Nona Gaprindashvili, who turned 80 on May 3, is a long-time supporter of FC Barcelona. Photo: The Georgian Chess Federation/Facebook
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“Happy Birthday, Nona!” - the world-known Argentinian football player Lionel Messi has sent a signed T-shirt to Georgia's chess legend and five-time world champion Nona Gaprindashvili on her 80th anniversary.
I did not expect this present… This present will take a special place in my museum”, Gaprindashvili said.
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. Photo: The Georgian Chess Federation/Facebook
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.
Back in 2019 Gaprindashvili won the World Senior Chess Championship in the above 65 year age category in Bucharest, Romania.
Legendary Georgian chess player, five-time world champion Nona Gaprindashvili has turned 80 today.
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. Gaprindashvili has won world championships in 1962, 1965, 1969, 1972 and 1975. She has also won 11 chess Olympiad tournaments between 1963-1992.
Georgia's chess legend and former World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili claimed the gold medal and first place among women at the European Senior Chess Championship that concluded in north-east of Spain on Sunday.
The vast achievements of Georgia's five-time world chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili are being recognised this evening at a special ceremony in capital Tbilisi.
Legendary Georgian chess player and five-time world champion Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a lawsuit against Netflix over its hit series - The Queen’s Gambit.The series is based on a 1983 novel and focuses on the rise of fictional chess player Beth Harmon.In the final episode Harmon is described as the only female champion who faced men.
Netflix has refused to remove a disputed reference to Georgian chess legend Nona Gaprindashvili in TV series The Queen’s Gambit, in the latest development in an ongoing lawsuit filed by the five-time world champion against the cinema platform earlier this month.
Netflix has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the legendary Georgian chess player and five-time world champion Nona Gaprindashvili following a year of legal proceedings over the latter’s claim of defamation in an episode of The Queen’s Gambit television series, entertainment website variety.com reported on Tuesday.
Georgia’s five-time World Chess Champion Nona Gaprindashvili turned 82 today, with the country’s officials and enthusiasts of the sport sending their messages on the date to the first woman to be awarded the International Chess Federation’s title of Grandmaster.