| Olga Rubtsova |
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She won the USSR Women's Championship several times, and was second in the 1950 World Championship , a point behind Lyudmila Rudenko . She won the title in 1956, finishing ahead of Rudenko and Elisabeth Bykova in a match tournament, before losing it to Bikova in a match in 1958. Rubtsova also played Correspondence Chess , and became first Women's Correspondence Chess Champion in 1972 (she also finished second in the next championship, only losing the title to Lora Jakovleva on tie-break, and fifth in the one after that). As of 2006, she remains the only player, male or female, to become World Champion in both over-the-board and correspondence chess. EXTERNAL LINKS
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