Maria Manakova
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Maria Manakova (b. 1 March 1974) is a Woman Grandmaster of chess, born in Russia. During her chess career, in several years she lived in Serbia and played for Yugoslav chess women's team. Manakova was first board reserve on the silver medal winning Yugoslav team at the European Team Championship in Batumi 1999, although she didn't play any games.[1]
She is well known for being the only woman chess grandmaster ever to pose nude. She posed nude for the Russian men's magazine Speed, after she came back from Serbia to Russia in 2004.
[edit] References
- ^ Manakova, Maria team chess record at olimpbase.org
[edit] External links
- FIDE rating card for Maria Manakova
- ChessBase Magazine article about Maria Manakova posing nude
- The Sunday Times: World Chess Beauty Contest - "Soft-Pawn" causes flap
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
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