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Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova

Russian chess player
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Nov. 4, 1913, Bogolyubovo, Russia
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March 8, 1989 (aged 75)
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Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova (born Nov. 4, 1913, Bogolyubovo, Russia—died March 8, 1989) was a Russian chess player who was the women’s world champion (1953–56; 1958–62). In 1925 Bykova’s family moved to Moscow, where she soon showed an aptitude for chess. After graduating from the Institute for Economic Planning in 1936, Bykova devoted herself to improving her game, and in 1938 she won the Moscow women’s chess championship. (During the Soviet era, chess was selected for development by the state for propaganda purposes, so many of the best players held positions that left them substantial time for study and play.) Her ...(100 of 367 words)

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