Olga Rubtsova
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Olga Rubtsova (Russian: Ольга Николаевна Рубцова; August 20, 1909 - December 13, 1994) was a Soviet chess player and fourth Women's World Chess Champion.
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.
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| Preceded by: Elisabeth Bykova |
Women's World Chess Champion 1956–1958 |
Succeeded by: Elisabeth Bykova |
| Preceded by: none |
Women's World Correspondence Chess Champion 1968–1972 |
Succeeded by: Lora Jakovleva |
