Kira Zvorykina | |
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Country | Soviet Union |
Born | Mykolaiv, Soviet Union | September 29, 1919
Died | September 6, 2014 Moscow, Russia | (aged 94)
Title | Woman Grandmaster (1978) |
Peak rating | 2295 (January 1990) |
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina (Russian: Ки́ра Алексе́евна Зворы́кина, Belarusian: Кіра Аляксееўна Зварыкіна; September 29, 1919 – September 6, 2014) was a Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She was a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship. In 2018, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.[1]