WGM Bykova Elisaveta I

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Full name

Elisaveta Ivanovna Bykova

Life

Nov 4, 1913 - Mar 8, 1989 (age 75)‎

Place of birth

Bogolyubovo, Russia, USSR

Federation

FIDE

Bio

Elisaveta Bykova was a Soviet woman grandmaster, chess author, and two-time Women's World Champion. In 1938, Bykova won the Women's Moscow Championship. Later, she won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1946, 1947, and 1950.

Bykova's highest achievement came in 1953 when she defeated GM Lyudmila Rudenko to become the Women's World Champion. She lost her title three years later to WGM Olga Rubtsova but regained it in 1958.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Closed Sicilian Defense: Fianchetto Variation (4 games)

Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Columbus Variation (2 games)

French Defense: Rubinstein, Blackburne Defense (2 games)

Old Indian Defense: Duz-Khotimirsky Variation (1 games)

Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (5 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (2 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Zagreb Variation (2 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Advance Variation (2 games)

Ruy López Opening: Alapin Defense (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Bykova Elisaveta I Klaman Konstantin	1-0	42	1963
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	½-½	62	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	½-½	90	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	½-½	52	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	0-1	45	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	0-1	59	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Nona Gaprindashvili (2360)	0-1	37	1962
Bykova Elisaveta I Zvorykina Kira (2079)	1-0	44	1960
Bykova Elisaveta I Zvorykina Kira (2079)	½-½	77	1960
Bykova Elisaveta I Zvorykina Kira (2079)	½-½	64	1960

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