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Nona Gaprindashvili

1941 - Today

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Nona Gaprindashvili (Georgian: ნონა გაფრინდაშვილი; born 3 May 1941) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nona Gaprindashvili has received more than 598,630 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Nona Gaprindashvili is the 16th most popular chess player (down from 9th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Georgian Chess Player.

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  • 600k

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  • 69.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 16 out of 461. Before her are Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, François-André Danican Philidor, and Adolf Anderssen. After her are Paul Morphy, Paul Keres, Ruy López de Segura, Viktor Korchnoi, Samuel Reshevsky, and Judit Polgár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 49. Before her are Ali Hassan al-Majid, Bobby Moore, Gheorghe Zamfir, Wolfgang Petersen, Art Garfunkel, and Princess Muna al-Hussein. After her are Hage Geingob, Riccardo Muti, Ivan Gašparovič, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Pete Best, and Jordi Savall.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 17 out of 406. Before her are Zviad Gamsakhurdia (1939), Sergei Parajanov (1924), Niko Pirosmani (1862), David IV of Georgia (1073), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), and Sayat-Nova (1712). After her are Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Sergei Witte (1849), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), Otar Iosseliani (1934), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Nona Gaprindashvili ranks 2. Before her are Tigran Petrosian (1929). After her are Maia Chiburdanidze (1961), Nana Alexandria (1949), Genrikh Kasparyan (1910), Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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