Yelisaveta Ivanovna Bykova

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Yelisaveta Bykova
Association Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Born November 14, 1913
Bogolyubovo , Russian Empire
Died March 8, 1989
Moscow
title International Master of Women (1950)
Grand Master of Women (1976)
International Master (1953)
world champion 1953 to 1956
1958 to 1962

Elisaveta bykova ( Russian Елизавета Ивановна Быкова ., Scientific transliteration Elizaveta Ivanovna Bykova , born November 1, jul. / 14. November  1913 greg. In Bogolyubovo , † 8. March 1989 in Moscow ) was a Soviet chess player and the third world chess champion .

Jelisaveta Bykowa came from a farming family and moved to Moscow in 1926. After graduating from school, she studied at the Economics Faculty in Moscow. In 1938 she became the Moscow city champion in chess for the first time, after having reached third place the previous year. In total, Bykowa won the title of the Moscow City Championship five times.

After the Great Patriotic War , Bykova was three times Soviet champion in 1947, 1948 and 1950 . In her first women's chess world championship tournament in 1950, she shared 3rd place with Valentina Borissenko . In the same year she was named International Master of Women (WIM). In 1953 she defeated Lyudmila Rudenko in a competition for the world championship with seven wins, five losses and two draws (8: 6) , making her the third world champion in the history of chess. Because of this success, she received the title of International Master from FIDE in 1953 . In the same year she received the Honored Master of Sports Award ( Заслуженный мастер спорта ). In 1956 she lost the world title to Olga Rubzowa , but was able to win it back in a revenge match in 1958 with a score of 8.5: 5.5 (seven wins, four losses, three draws). After she was able to defend her world title at the 1960 World Cup against Kira Sworykina , she had to admit defeat to the later grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili (seven defeats, four draws) in 1962 . In 1976 Bykowa was named Grand Master of Women (WGM).

In addition to playing chess, Bykowa published several books. Among other things, a comprehensive biography of her predecessor on the world championship throne Vera Menchik , published in 1957 .

Works

  • Bykova, EI: Sovetskie šachmatistki (Russian: “Советские шахматистки” ), Moscow 1951.
  • Bykova, EI: Sorevnovanija na pervenstvo mira po šachmatam sredi ženščin (Russian «Соревнования на первенство мира по шахматам среди 195. ), Moscow » 195 .
  • Bykova, EI: Vera Menčik (Russian: “Вера Менчик” ), Moscow 1957.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 88.

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