Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster.
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Tina KandelakiAlso won Order of Queen Tamara
Leonid KuchmaAlso won Order of Vakhtang Gorgasali
Mehriban AlievaAlso won Presidential Order of Excellence
Radosław SikorskiAlso won Presidential Order of Excellence
Khatia BuniatishviliAlso won Order of Queen Tamara
Kakha KaladzeAlso won Order of Vakhtang GorgasaliAbout this person
Nona Gaprindashvili is a Georgian chess Grandmaster. Noted for her aggressive style of play, she was the women's world chess champion from 1962 to 1978, and in 1978 was the first woman ever to be awarded the FIDE title of Grandmaster. She was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Presidential Order of Excellence in 2015.
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Born 1941 · age 85
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