Valentina Yakovlevna Kozlovskaya (Russian: Валенти́на Я́ковлевна Козло́вская; born 18 April 1938) is a Russian chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 1976.
| Valentina Kozlovskaya | |
|---|---|
 Kozlovskaya at the World Seniors' Championships 1996 | |
| Full name | Valentina Yakovlevna Kozlovskaya |
| Country | Soviet Union → Russia |
| Born | 18 April 1938 Yessentuki, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (1976) |
| Peak rating | 2315 (January 1975)[1] |
Chess career edit
Kozlovskaya won the Women's Soviet Chess Championship in 1965. She was a member of the victorious Soviet team at the Women's Chess Olympiad in Havana 1966.[2] She came second in the 1967 Women's Candidates Tournament. In the same year she placed second to women's world champion Nona Gaprindashvili in a women's international tournament at Kiev. In 1973 Kozlovskaya won the Women's Interzonal tournament and the next year, she lost the Candidates semifinal match to Irina Levitina. In 1976 Kozlovskaya won the RSFSR women's championship and in 1979, she shared first place with Ludmila Saunina. Kozlovskaya won the Women's World Senior Championship in 1996.[3] In 2014, she won the European Senior Championship in the women's 65+ division, ahead of Nona Gaprindashvili.[4]
Personal life edit
Kozlovskaya is a biochemist by profession. She is the widow of Grandmaster Igor Bondarevsky.
References edit
- ^ Valentina Kozlovskaya FIDE rating history, 1972-2001 at OlimpBase.org
- ^ Soviet Union, Individual Record. Women's Chess Olympiads, OlimpBase
- ^ Crowther, Mark (1996-11-25). "The Week in Chess 107". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
- ^ 14th European Senior 65+ Ladies Chess Championship 2014. chess-results.com.
External links edit
- Valentina Kozlovskaya rating card at FIDE
- Valentina Kozlovskaya player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Valentina Kozlovskaya chess games at 365Chess.com
- Biography (in Russian)
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