Nona Gaprindashvili: biography of a chess player

When it comes to chess and the great grandmasters, in conversations such male names as Fisher, Karpov and others are heard. But in this intellectual sport there are great and outstanding women. Nona Gaprindashvili for many years retained the championship in the championship among women.

Chess biography

The future great athlete and international grandmaster was born in early May 1941 in Georgia. In the family, almost everyone was fond of chess, so little Nona Gaprindashvili mastered this game from an early age. This was facilitated by the fact that her brothers were constantly engaged with her and participated in city competitions themselves.

At the first championship Nona got by accident. Should have been her brothers, but one of them caught a cold, and urgently needed to look for a replacement. Nona was included in the list, and her first opponent, who was much older and more experienced, quickly put on the mat, which attracted the attention of the coaches. At the age of 12 she entered the school for chess players.

The first leader and mentor of Nona Gaprindashvili becomes Karseladze Vakhtang Ilich, who not only took care of her during training, but also defended her from the enthusiastic audience and fans during the championships. To the higher awards and competitions at the strongest level, a young chess player was trained by the well-known coach Mikhail Shishov in the USSR, grand master Aivar Gipslis helped him.

Nona Gaprindashvili, a chess player who is not equal to this day, kept her record title for a record time for this game - for 16 years. In the subsequent championships she was on the 2 nd or 3 rd place.

A family

Nona Gaprindashvili was born in a large family. She had 5 older brothers, thanks to whom she got carried away with chess. The father of the future grandmaster worked in the technical school of the city of Zugdidi, where the whole family lived, the teacher of accounting. Mother, Vera Grigolia, kept housekeeping and kept order in the house.

Son David since childhood accompanied his famous mother in the championships and was present at almost all awards. Currently he works in the UK, where he lives with his family. Nona Gaprindashvili has a grandson and granddaughter with whom she tries to meet as often as possible, which is not allowed by her workload in public and political activities.

Achievements

The owner of many awards and achievements as a result of her painstaking work is Nona Gaprindashvili. Biography of the great chess player interested the whole world. Nona becomes famous and in demand when in the 21st year she wins the title of world champion. But the first glory to her comes in 15 years. In competitions for adults, a young girl, one by one, plunges her rivals and becomes the champion of Georgia.

After winning the women's chess championship in 1963 and repeating her triumph in 3 years, Nona Gaprindashvili set herself the goal of becoming a winner in men's competitions. Many hours of training and painstaking work on the strategy and tactics of the game led to the fact that in 1978, after multiple victories in competitions among men, Nona was awarded the title of Grandmaster.

Having conceded to compatriot Maya Chiburdanidze in the world championship , Nona remained one of the best chess players in the world in the following years . Until 1990, she participated in many competitions and Olympics, taking prizes and adding to her treasury new victories and regalia. She was awarded orders, medals and badges of honor not only for victories, but also for her contribution to the development of the game in the country.

Now Nona Gaprindashvili, whose photo can be seen in our article, constantly participates in various games and tournaments for veterans and takes prizes. Unlike many of her colleagues in the shop, she did not retire after achieving all the goals, but continues to actively participate in the life and development of her favorite game.

Social activity

In 1991, after the collapse of the Union, independent sports and other associations began to form in Georgia. At the head of the Olympic Committee until 1996 was Nona Gaprindashvili, for this period of time already well-known and titled chess player. For a long time she remained an honorary president of the NOC.

In 2008 Nona Gaprindashvili headed the "Democratic Party of United Georgia" and worked in this direction for several years. From the very beginning of her career to the present days, the great chess player tries to develop and popularize the game.