Happy Birthday to chess' first woman grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili

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Hello everybody,

It's May 3 - just the day to wish the great woman chess player - Nona Gaprindashvili of Georgia - a very happy birthday. We wish her lots of good health, cheer and chess fun ahead in life. 

In 1978 Gaprindashvili became the first woman to be awarded the Grandmaster title. She was awarded the title after scoring two Grandmaster 'norms' totaling 23 games, the last of which was winning Lone Pine 1977 against a field of 45 players, mostly grandmasters. Although she did not meet the technical requirements for the GM title, which required 24 games, by exceeding the GM 'norm' requirement in Lone Pine, FIDE found her results equivalent to 24 games and made her the first woman Grandmaster. She is the sixth women's world chess champion and was the Russian champion five times.



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