Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya

Olga Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya
Full name	Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya (Ольга Измайловна Семёнова-Тян-Шанская)
Country	Soviet Union
Born	9 September 1911(1911-09-09) Saint Petersburg
Died	4 November 1970(1970-11-04) (aged 59) Leningrad
Title	Woman FIDE Master

Olga Izmajlovna Semenova Tyan-Shanskaya (9 September 1911 – 4 November 1970) was a Soviet chess player.

She was born in Saint Petersburg, a niece of the Russian geographer Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. She learned to play chess at the age of 18; four years later she won the Leningrad city women's chess championship. She played in nine Women's Soviet Championships, winning two (1934 and 1936). In 1937 she took 2nd/3rd place, and in 1953 3rd/5th place.

She died in Leningrad.

References

• Chess Dictionary, Moscow, 1964, p. 333
• Soviet Encyclopedia: Chess, Moscow, 1990, p. 354 ISBN 5-85270-005-3

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Name	Tyan-Shanskaya, Olga Semenova
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Date of birth	9 September 1911
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg
Date of death	4 November 1970
Place of death	Leningrad