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	Nona Gaprindashvili - Wikipedia
		De schaakster Nona Gaprindashvili werd op 3 mei 1941 geboren in Zugdidi (Georgië, USSR).
		In 1977 won Nona als eerst vrouw het "mannentoernooi" in Lone Pine en in 1978 was zij de eerste vrouwelijke grootmeester.
		Nona Gaprindashvili speelde meer dan vijf maal mee in de Schaakolympiade voor Georgië.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nona_Gaprindashvili (133 words)

	Nona Gaprindashvili - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nona Gaprindashvili (born May 3, 1941) is a Georgian chess player, and the sixth women's world chess champion (1962-1978).
		Born in Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, she was the strongest female player of her generation.
		During her career Gaprindashvili successfully competed in men's tournaments, winning (amongst others) the Hastings Challengers tournament in 1963/4 and tying for first place at Lone Pine in 1977.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nona_Gaprindashvili (255 words)

	Maia Chiburdanidze - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She won the world title from another Georgian, Nona Gaprindashvili, in 1978 and defended it several times against other players from her home country during the 1980s.
		Chiburdanidze showed she was a serious contender for the world title by finishing 2nd in the Tbilisi Women's Interzonal (1976), thereby qualifying for the 1977 candidates matches.
		Her reign is the third longest at 14 years, only behind that of the first women's champion, Vera Menchik, who reigned for 18 years from 1927 until her death in 1944 and that of Gaprindashvili's 16 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maia_Chiburdanidze (1012 words)

	The Hindu : Nona still motivates herself
		Nona, at 59, may not have the drive which she once had but is still around as the 24th seed in the 61-player women's field.
		Nona, who held the world title for 16 years from 1962, is set to have another crack at the crown.
		If Nona's best is clearly behind her, Barcot is looking forward to realising the promise he showed while winning the world under- 10 and under-12 titles before breaking the record set by Peter Leko of Hungary and becoming the youngest GM at 14 years and two months in March 1997.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/11/26/stories/07260206.htm (546 words)

	Anniversary of Nona Gaprindashvili
		With the fifth World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili I became acquainted during the team competitions in the Tashkent (Uzbekistan), where she played for the team "Burevestnik" on the girls board.
		But when he said that Nona is in his company the director said: "If you will bring Nona I will turn out all spectators and make a special show for you!" The main what Nona has made for Georgia is that she gave cause for creating a peculiar women chess boom.
		Nona was a single girl in a family where except her were five brothers.
	www.ruschess.com /Grands/Nona/main.html (1236 words)

	World Chess Championship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fourth Candidates tournament was held in 1961 in, and was utterly dominated by Nona Gaprindashvili of Georgia, who won with ten wins, zero losses, and six draws.
		Gaprindashvili defended her title against of Russia at Riga 1965 and Tbilisi/Moscow 1969.
		Her domination ended at Manila 1991, where the young Chinese star Xie Jun defeated Chiburdanidze, after finishing second to the still-active Gaprindashvili in an Interzonal, tying with in the Candidates tournament, and then beating Maric in a tie-breaker match.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/World_Chess_Champion (3801 words)

	the history of the Women's World Championship
		Nona Gaprindashvili's victory in 1962 with a score of 9-2 over Elizaveta Bykova began the era of supremacy by Georgian players.
		Gaprindashvili held the title for 16 years and became the first woman to earn the title of International Grandmaster.
		In 1978, the year she lost her title to Maia Chiburdanidze, Gaprindashvili was awarded an unqualified title of Grandmaster - equivalent to a men's GM title - in addition to her WGM title.
	www.angelfire.com /games/SBChess/now2.html (749 words)

	Gaprindashvili, Nona -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		A strong attacking player, Gaprindashvili won the title from Elizaveta Bykova of the Soviet Union in 1962 by a crushing score of 9–2.
		Gaprindashvili was a great hero in Soviet Georgia and an honorary...
		She won the title at the age of 17 by defeating fellow Georgian Nona Gaprindashvili.
	www.encyclopaedia.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9344964 (592 words)

	The chess games of Nona Gaprindashvili
		Nona Terentievna Gaprindashvili was born on May 3, 1941, in Zugdide, in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
		Nona was already then a player of strong IM or even GM level.
		Vera Menchik was a rarity in her time (although she inspired Nona) but Nona Gaprindashvili started great chess boom among women and not only in Georgia.
	www.chessgames.com /player/nona_gaprindashvili.html (838 words)

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		Nona Gaprindashvili- Xie Jun Candidates tournament, Borzhomi 1990 King's Indian, Averbakh I have always considered it a privilege to play against Nona Gaprindashvili.
		Apparently, there is a statue of Nona in her native town and she drives in a car with the special number plate 5555 (or 555, I do not remember exactly) related to the fact that she was five times World Champion.
		Nona has always impressed me for her fighting chess and she was one of my great examples when I was a junior.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/xiejun.txt (1915 words)

	Nona Gaprindashvili
		Nona Gaprindashvili was born on May 3, 1941, in Zugdide, in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
		Gaprindashvili came to the Monterey Park Chess Club on March 18, 1977 for a simultaneous exhibition.
		Gaprindashvili at once pins the knight, and puts the bishop on a good diagonal that aims right at the Black queen, and the c8 square.
	www.tim-thompson.com /gaprindashvili.html (1047 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Nona Gaprindashvili wins BDO Chess Tournament Haarlem
		GM Nona Gaprindashvili, the legendary former world champion (1962-1978), now at the chess age of 64 (!) won the Premier Group with a TPR of 2510, outperforming her rating of 2318.
		Gaprindashvili, the maximalist who always wants to win, achieved good positions in her games with Balint (7th) and Abeln (8th) but didn’t want to go for a draw to secure her front position in the race.
		Gaprindashvili is going to beat Yochanan Afek to become the winner of the BDO Chess Tournament 2005.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=2621 (1857 words)

	Nona Gaprindashvili (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nona Gaprindashvili (born March 5, 1941) is a Georgian chess player, and a former women's worldchess champion (1962-1978).
		During her career Gaprindashvili successfully competed in men's tournaments, winning (amongst others) the Hastings Challengerstournament in 1963/4 and tying for first place at Lone Pine in 1977.
		In 1978 she became the first woman to be made an(unqualified) International Grandmaster —having been a Women's Grandmaster since 1962.
	www.therfcc.org /nona-gaprindashvili-102387.html (184 words)

	The Hindu : The decline of Georgian chess
		Nona Gaprindashvili, who was the World champion for 17 years, Nino Khurtsidze, Nino Gurieli, Sopio Tkeshelashvili and Lela Javakhishvili were knocked out in the opening round itself.
		For thirty years, from 1962 to 1991 the women's World champion was from Georgia: Nona held the title from 1962 to 1978 and Maya from 1978 to 1991.
		Nana, who had lost the title match on both occasions to fellow- countrywomen (Nona in 1975 and Maya in 1981) agrees with her friend.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/02/10/stories/0710020u.htm (702 words)

	Nona Gaprindashvili (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nona Gaprindashvili (llevado de marcha la 5 de 1941) es un jugador de ajedrez georgiano, y un campeón del ajedrez del mundo de las mujeres anteriores (1962-1978).
		En 1961, envejecido 20, Gaprindashvili ganó el torneo de los candidatos de las cuartas mujeres, setting-up un fósforo del título contra el campeón ruso Elisabeth Bikova del mundo.
		Durante su carrera Gaprindashvili compitió con éxito en los torneos de los hombres, ganando (entre otros) el torneo de los desafiadores de Hastings en 1963/4 y atándolo para el primer lugar en el pino solitario en 1977.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/no/Nona%20Gaprindashvili.htm (229 words)

	Nona Gaprindashvili - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Nona Gaprindashvili - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Nona Gaprindashvili (born May 3, 1941) is a Georgian chess player, and a former women's world chess champion (1962-1978).
		Born in Zugdidi, Georgian SSR, she was the strongest player of her generation.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Nona_Gaprindashvili (220 words)

	Women World Champions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born in Tbilisi, Gaprindashvili became the most successful woman player of her generation.
		Gaprindashvili competed in men's tournaments, with success including winning the Hastings Challengers tournament in 1963/64 and finishing fifth in the Premier Tournament the following year.
		Her best results were first at Brasov 1974, =1st at Tbilisi 1975 and most impressive of all, second in the 1976 Tbilisi Women's Interzonal and thus qualifying for the 1977 Candidates, wherein, she defeated Alla Kushnir in the final.
	www.chessindia.org /WorldChampions_files/women_champions.html (1099 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Nona Gaprindashvili
		Gaprindashvili, Nona, born in 1941, Georgian chess player, who earned the title of women’s international grandmaster in 1964.
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	encarta.msn.com /Nona_Gaprindashvili.html (128 words)

	FIDE Online. FIDE News: Interview of the FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
		Once, I visited Georgia upon invitation of the President at that time, Eduard Shevardnadze, and during our meeting, where top Georgian players Nona Gaprindashvili, Nana Alexandria, Nana Ioseliani, and the President of Georgian Chess Federation Zurab Azmaiparashvili were present, he said: "I wish we could revive the glorious traditions of the Georgian Chess School.
		KNI: By the way, I offered to the fivefold Women World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili to be the representative of FIDE Presidential Board at the Championship in Elista, and the great chess master accepted my proposal.
		Besides, Nona Terentievna was very happy to learn that she will be accommodated in the newly built five-star hotel equipped with a nice billiard room and she will have a chance to enjoy this game.
	www.fide.com /news.asp?id=465 (1997 words)

	Association of Chess Professionals \| ACP News
		As the Chess Olympiad Closing ceremony came to an end, a special prize bearing the name of a prominent female Georgian chess player and former World Chess Champion, Nona Gaprindashvili was about to be awarded.
		The Nona Gaprindashvili trophy was given to Russia by the FIDE Honorary President.
		He tried to defend the name of the Gaprindashvili Trophy, which is not only important for Georgia, but also very important for the chess world.
	www.chess-players.org /eng/news/viewarticle.html?id=229 (3129 words)

	Chessmetrics Ratings: Gaprindashvili, Nona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These ratings for Gaprindashvili, Nona are calculated yearly, as of January 1st of the indicated year.
		Each yearly rating incorporates all rated games played in the preceding year, along with the ratings that were already calculated at the start of that year.
		Each year, everyone's rating on the January 1st list has been increased/decreased by an identical amount, so that the average rating of the #8 through #12 players is aligned at 2600.
	www.chessmetrics.com /player_lists/Player1027.html (95 words)

	Articles - World Chess Championship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fourth Candidates tournament was held in 1961 in Vrnjacka Banja, and was utterly dominated by Nona Gaprindashvili of Georgia, who won with ten wins, zero losses, and six draws.
		In 1976-1978 Candidates cycle, 17-year-old Maya Chiburdanidze of Georgia ended up the surprise star, defeating Nana Alexandria, Elena Akhmilovskaya, and Alla Kushnir to face Gaprindashvili in the 1978 finals at Tbilisi.
		Her domination ended at Manila 1991, where the young Chinese star Xie Jun defeated Chiburdanidze, after finishing second to the still-active Gaprindashvili in an Interzonal, tying with Alisa Maric in the Candidates tournament, and then beating Maric in a tie-breaker match.
	www.gaple.com /articles/World_Chess_Champion (3809 words)

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		Maybe it would be better if these people, first of all, respected their country and Mrs.
		Nona Gaprindashvili and attended the ceremony of awarding a cup named after her?
		Nona Gaprindashvili y hubieran estado en la ceremonia en la que se entregaba un trofeo con su nombre?
	www.ajedreznd.com /2004/serie.htm (1264 words)

	Lisa Lane: US Women's Champion - introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She had a less-than-great performance in the Women's Candidates Tournament in Vrnjacka Banja, Yugoslavia tying with Gresser for 13th-14th place out of 18.
		Nona Gaprindashvili won the tournament (+10-0=6) and went on to beat Elisaveta Bykova for the Women's World Championship by a landslide +7-0=4.
		out of 18 in the Women's Candidates Tournament a half point ahead of Gresser this time (It was won by Alla Kushnir of Russia, who eventually lost the women's championship match to Nona Gaprindashvili of Georgia).
	batgirl.atspace.com /LisaLane.html (1672 words)

	Chessmetrics Ratings: Gaprindashvili, Nona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These ratings, calculated for Gaprindashvili, Nona, incorporate all games (against rated opponents) played in the year before the "Date of rating", along with the ratings that were already calculated one year previously.
		If a player has an insufficient number of games in recent years, there may be gaps in the list, even though you may see ratings listed on previous and/or subsequent dates.
		Click on the link to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on their birthdays when turning that same age.
	www.chessmetrics.com /PL/PL11972.htm (330 words)

	The History Of Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But, with the victory of Nona Gaprindashvili in 1962, an era of supremacy by Georgian players began.
		(FIDE established separate titles of International Woman Master in 1950 and International Woman Grandmaster in 1977.) Gaprindashvili was succeeded by another Georgian, Maya Chiburdanidze, in 1978.
		Georgians also won the right to challenge the champions in 1975, 1981, and 1988.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/Engineering_Graphics/_EG2001/chess_set/history.html (3075 words)

	The Age of Chess Masters by Bill Wall
		By age 18 he had won the World Junior Championship, took 3rd place in the USSR Championship, and qualified as a Candidate for the World championship.
		Former world woman champion Nona Gaprindashvili learned at age five after watching her five chess-playing brothers.
		She won the world's women chess championship when she was 21.
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/age.htm (1090 words)

	The Catholicos Patriarch’s Foundation Against Drug Addiction
		Academician Shota Nadirashvili, Director of Institute of Psychology, Gela Lezhava, Head of Drug Addiction Combating Center, Tamaz Gamkrelidze, President of Academy of Science, Rusudan Lortkipanide, Principal of Tbilisi State University, Thea Gogotishvili, psychologist, Nona Gaprindashvili, five times World Chess Champion, and others expressed and shared their thoughts.
		Ms Nona Gaprindashvili mentioned meaningful role of sport in solving the problem.
		Ms Gaprindashvili considered sport the right means combating against the illness.
	www.patriarchate.ge /ne/foundation_.htm (824 words)

	Neverending - Selected Excerpts from "Women in Chess" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nona Gaprindashvili is an exception: she is more tactically and imaginatively gifted.
		I can tell you, Nona Gaprindasvili, Alla Kushnir, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Milunka Lazarevic and some others play better than many, many men.
		Fischer answered the same question in 1962 at the Varna Olymiad by saying: "I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight." When, however, Bjelica met Mikhail Tal and reported the conversation, Tal laughed and said "Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!"
	www.goddesschess.com /neverending/graham1.html (1478 words)

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