Ljuba Danielovna Kristol ( he, לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול; russian: Любовь Даниэловна Кристол; born May 26, 1944, in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) is a

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-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i chess player who holds the

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of Lady Grandmaster (LGM) and the

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of Woman International Master (WIM). She is best known for winning the

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Women's World Championship in correspondence chess on two occasions: between 1978 and 1984, and between 1993 and 1998. She grew up in Leningrad (now

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

), and since 1976 has lived in Israel. Kristol is the four-time OTB women's chess champion of Israel. She took part in four

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s as a member of the Israeli team. In the Olympiad in 1976 (which took place in

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), Kristol won the gold medal with the Israeli team. In 1989 Kristol participated in a zonal tournament in Haifa, and shared 1st–2nd place.

Tournaments

Major tournaments that Kristol participated in

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