- Alla Kushnir
Alla Shulimovna Kushnir ( _he. אלה שולימובנה קושניר; _ru. Алла Шулимовна Кушнир; born
11 August ,1941 ,Moscow ) is aRussia n–bornIsrael ichess Woman Grandmaster .Alla Shulimovna Kushnir was thrice
Women's World Chess Championship Challenger. She lost matches for the title toNona Gaprindashvili :
* +3 –7 =3 at Riga 1965;
* +2 –6 =5 at Tbilisi–Moscow 1969;
* +4 –5 =7 at Riga 1972.In tournaments, she took 2nd at Tbilisi–Suchumi 1962, tied for 1st-2nd at Sinaia 1969, won at Belgrad 1971, tied for 2nd-3rd at Wijk aan Zee, won at Moscow 1971, won at Vrnjačka Banja 1973.
She was also joint USSR Women's Champion in 1970.
Kushnir emigrated from the
Soviet Union to Israel in 1973.Awarded the WIM title in 1962 and the WGM title in 1976.
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